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| Why were more enslaved Africans brought to the colonies | the Southern colonies needed more labor to grow and harvest their cash crops |
| Triangular Trade Route | sailed from the colonies in North America to England(Europe) to Africa, and to North America |
| Africans in the Triangular Trade routes | were kidnapped and transported to North America to be enslaved |
| Why was Roger Williams expelled? | he disagreed with the leaders of the Massachusettes Bay Colony because he felt people should able to follow their own religious beliefs |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | were intolerant of other people's religious beliefs |
| Why the colonists wanted independence from England | they grew unhappy with being ruled by the British Parliament(government) and the King |
| French and Indian War | the English colonists began moving into the backcountry and into French territory and Indian lands |
| Why the British were defeated by the French and Indians | their leader General Braddock and his soldiers were used to fighting out in the open, while the French and Indians fought from behind trees and boulders |
| Economy of the Southern Colonies | farming |
| Economy of the New England Colonies | fishing, whaling, trade and manufacturing, and shipbuilding |
| How Colonial government was run | ran by a governor chosen by the king, elected representatives made the laws as long as it was okay with the British Parliament and the King |
| Slavery in the colonies | the northern colonies had some slaves but didn't rely on slaves as much as the southern colonies |
| English traditions in the colonies | tea was popular, and the people continued to buy tea imported from England |
| Boston Tea Party | the colonists disguised as Native Americans, dumped many boxes of tea in the Boston Harbor as a protest against taxes on tea |
| Sugar Act and Stamp Act | the British Parliament began to taxes the American colonists for sugar and stamps to help pay for the money they used to fight the French and Indian War |
| Causes of Colonial taxes | the British Parliament blamed the American colonists for causing the French and Indian War when they began to move onto French and Indian lands |
| Loyalists | colonists in the 13 colonies who stayed loyal to England and did not want independence from British rule |
| Patriots | colonists in the 13 colonies who no longer wanted to be under British rule |
| Reasons some colonists were Loyalists | they were happy with British rule, some were members of the Church of England, and didn't want to lose trade with England |
| Rich landowners | were afraid they would lose their land and power to small farmers if the colonies got their independence from England |
