Chapter 4 - The Colonies Develop

New England: Commerce and Religion - pp.109-113.

Explain:

Backcountry -

Subsistence Farming -

Triangular Trade -

What were the New England Colonies?

1.                                                                     3.

2.                                                                     4.

How did the climate affect New England life?

 

What were the major industries in New England?

 

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

 

How did American colonists react to the Navigation Acts?

  

What factors led to the decline of the Puritan religion in New England?

  

The Middle Colonies: Farms and Cities - pp.114-118.

Define:

Cash Crop -

Diversity-

What were the Middle Colonies?

1.                                                                     3.

2.                                                                     4.

Why were the Middle Colonies called the “Breadbasket Colonies”?

 

What service was performed at gristmills?

 

How were farms in the Middle Colonies different from those in New England?

 

How were colonists in the Middle Colonies different from colonists in other regions?

 

What does it mean to have a diverse population?

 

The Southern Colonies: Plantations and Slavery - pp.119-123.

Define:

Overseer -

What crops did plantations in Georgia and South Carolina grow?

 

What was life like for Southern Planters?

  

Why did Southern planters travel to towns infrequently?

 

How did enslaved persons resist their slavery?

  

Explain the Stono Rebellion:

  

The Backcountry - pp.126-129.

Define:

Fall Line -

Piedmont -

Where area was considered the Backcountry in the 1700s?

 

What were the geographic features of the Backcountry?

 

Which settlers migrated to the Backcountry?

 

How was life in the Backcountry similar to plantation life?