Colonial America

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KEY TERMS Match each of the following terms with its description below. a. Bacon’s Rebellion b. charter c. House of Burgesses d. indentured servant e. joint-stock company f. legislature g. privateer h. royal colony 1. person who contracted to work for a master 5. colony whose governor is appointed by the king 2. a company funded by a group of investors who 6. lawmaking assembly share the company’s profits and losses 7. colonial legislature whose representatives were 3. certificate of permission called burgesses 4. ship hired by a government to attack foreign ships 8. revolt against the government of Jamestown KEY TERMS Match each of the following terms with its description below. a. balance of trade b. duty c. mercantilism d. salutary neglect e. staple crop f. triangular trade 9. trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa 13. policy of neglecting the New England Colonies 10. tax because it best served Britain’s interests 11. crop that is in constant demand 14. the belief that a country’s wealth was based on how much bullion, or gold or silver, it had 12. difference in value between imports and exports KEY TERMS Match each of the following terms with its description below. a. Albany Plan of Union b. French and Indian War c. militia d. prime minister e. siege f. Treaty of Paris (1763) 15. conflict between the British and the French from 1754–1763 18. group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers 16. plan for a union of the colonies 19. to surround an enemy in order to force its surrender 17. highest official in a parliamentary government 20. agreement ending the French and Indian War Short Answer INTERPRETING A GRAPH

21. How much more American tobacco did England 23. By how many pounds did tobacco imports decrease import in 1620 than it did four years earlier? between 1620 and 1622?

22. During which period did tobacco imports decrease? 24. During which two two-year periods did tobacco imports grow the most? By how much? ANALYZING A DOCUMENT Below is the cover of a pamphlet advertising for colonists to come to Virginia. You will note that the letters f and s are similar on it. Study it, and then answer the following questions below. 25. What does the document tell you about the area from which people were being sought to colonize 27. What reasons does the document give for coming to Virginia? settle in Virginia?

26. How did it try to attract people to become 28. What type of work does it suggest that settlers will colonists? do in Virginia? INTERPRETING A MAP

29. Name the three continents involved in the triangular trade. 31. What areas were involved in the triangular trade?

30. In what ways did the colonies and Britain benefit 32. What were two destinations of enslaved Africans, from triangular trade? and what crops were cultivated in each place? ANALYZING A DOCUMENT The stanzas below come from a poem written by a young Englishman named James Ravel. As punishment for a crime, Ravel was transported to Virginia and forced to work as an indentured servant. Read the excerpt, and then answer the following questions below. Thus twelve long tedious years did pass away, And but two more by law I had to stay: When Death did for my cruel Master call, But that was no relief to us at all.

The Widow would not the Plantation hold, So we and that were both for to be sold, A lawyer rich who at James-Town did dwell, Came down to view it and lik’d it very well.

He bought the Negroes who for life were slaves, But no transported Fellons would he have, So we were put like Sheep into a fold, There unto the best bidder to be sold.

33. For how many years was Ravel sentenced to work as an indentured servant?

34. How was Ravel’s situation different from that of slaves?

35. What happened to Ravel when his “Master” died