Any crop that is considered profitable; e.g tobacco for the Jamestown Colony in Virginia
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Why was tobacco important?
It helped the British to compete with other European powers in NA; principally the Dutch.
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How did tobacco boost the Stuart economy?
Customs duties could be levied on tobacco; later on it would be crucial in funding William III's wars.
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Who were the settlers in Virginia and Maryland?
Puritan and Catholic refugees. By 1680 there were enough Scots for a Presbyterian congregation.
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How many lbs of tobacco were being exported from America in 1700?
22 million
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Why was the Massachusetts Bay Colony significant?
Established in 1629, and received around 20,000 Puritans in the 1630s, at the height of Archbishop Laud's persecutions.
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What was the primary motivation for establishing North American colonies?
Contempt for the religious policies of William Laud and Charles I.
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Who was Sir Thomas Warner?
The founder of the British Colony in St. Kitts in 1624; began to grow tobacco there and trade with Europe.
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What was the result of the declination of the Spanish Navy?
The British occupied Montserrat, Barbados and Antigua.
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When did sugar become Antigua's primary crop?
1674, when Christopher Codrington established the island's first sugar plantation.
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What was the effect of Cromwell's 'Grand Western Design'?
109 vessels were built and 111 Spanish ships were captured by the British between 1646 and 1659.
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When were the Spanish in Jamaica defeated?
1660
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What was Jamaica's slave population in 1670?
7,000; growing to 55,000 in 1713.
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How many British settlers were there in Jamaica in 1662?
Around 4,000, who had plantations for farming sugar, cocoa and coffee.
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Why was Jamaica important between 1655 and 1688?
1) English capture of Jamaica led to the Treaty of Madrid with Spain in 1670. English ships were permitted to sail freely through the islands. 2) Sugar trade became lucrative, and Jamaica became part of the transatlantic trade route in 1688.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Why was tobacco important?
Back
It helped the British to compete with other European powers in NA; principally the Dutch.
Card 3
Front
How did tobacco boost the Stuart economy?
Back
Card 4
Front
Who were the settlers in Virginia and Maryland?
Back
Card 5
Front
How many lbs of tobacco were being exported from America in 1700?
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