New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western Frontier
Life in the Colonies
100
Considered a very important part of New England Colonies
What was the feeling on Education in the New England Colonies?
100
Reformed Lutherans and Catholics, Protestants, Quakers, Baptist, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Jewish
What were the religions of the middle colonies?
100
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
What is the colony names of the Southern colonies?
100
fresh lands on the outer limits of the colonies
What is the frontier?
100
Land
What was the economic base of colonial America?
200
The Bible
What did colonists want their children learn to read?
200
the middle colony names
What is New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
200
The Church of England and Political life directed by planters.
What is the main religion and social group?
200
hard and rugged
What was life like on the frontier?
200
They served as trade centers
Why were cities important in colonial America?
300
Colonists usually worked on these versus their southern counterparts
What is small farms?
300
run by private or church groups
Who ran the majority of schools and academies?
300
The majority of way planter children were taught.
What is home tutors?
300
one-room cabin
What is the main home on the frontier?
300
They provided the workers needed for large farms.
Why were indentured servants and slaves important in the English Colonies?
400
very important industries in the New England colonies
What is shipbuilding and fishing
400
spun and woven textile groups, iron, glass, and paper
What was manufactured in the homes?
400
Farming
What is the most important way of earning income and life in southern colonies?
400
No schools and little formal education
What was the education on the frontier?
400
The family
What was the cornerstone of colonial society?
500
Slaves were sold, and part of the income was used to buy molasses, which was then brought to New England.
What is the triangular trade?
500
lumber, flour, and bricks (for home building)
What was produced outside the home?
500
Tobacco, rice, and indigo
What is the main exports of the southern colonies?
500
The number of people in the three major regions grew rapidly.
Why people moved to the frontier?
500
Religon
What was one of the important influences on colonial life?
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