New England Colonies
Mid Atlantic Colonies
Southern Colonies
Colonial Jobs
Potpourri
100
This state was part of the Massachusetts colony.
What is Maine?
100
True or False.  People of the Mid-Atlantic colonies all had the same culture and religion.
What is false?
100
These people, especially in the Southern colonies, worked long hours, did not get paid work, and could not own land.
Who are slaves?
100
Because of the good soil and climate, the people of the southern colonies mostly had this job.
What is farming?
100

This group of young colonists (boys or girls) went to school for a short amount of time.

Who are girls?
200
This is the reason that Massachusetts colony was started.
What is for religious freedom for Pilgrims and Puritans?
200
While people in New England depended on fishing, colonists in the Mid Atlantic colonies farmed this type of crop.
What is wheat (or barley, rye, or flax)?
200
These people paid back money they owed by working for someone for a specified number of years.
Who are indentured servants?
200
These people forged iron into useful items like horseshoes, kettles, axes, plows.
Who is a blacksmith?
200
Unlike the children in New England colonies who went to school, children in this colonial region were more likely to be tutored?
What are the southern colonies?
300
These are the four colonies of the New England region.
What are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire?
300
These are the four colonies of the Mid Atlantic region.
What are New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware?
300
These are the five colonies of the Southern region.
What are Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
300

These young men, as young as 11 years old, learned how to do a trade from an expert.

What is an apprentice?
300
These colonists (men or women) got married very young.
Who are women?
400
These people controlled New York before the English (when it was called New Amsterdam).
Who are the Dutch?
400

This is the nickname of these colonies because they grew lots of grains.

What is the "Bread Basket Colonies"?
400
These are three cash crops that were grown in the Southern colonies.
What are cotton, indigo, tobacco, and rice.
400
These people mostly lived in cities, worked from home or in a shop, and had a special set of skills and a trade.
What is an artisan?
400
When European settlers started colonies in North America, these people lost their land.
Who are American Indians?
500
This is the reason that many people were shipbuilders instead of farmers in the New England colonies.
What is the soil was rocky, and the climate was harsh?
500
This is why the Pennsylvania colony was started.
What is for religious freedom for the Quakers.
500
These are the people who had the most rights in the Southern colonies.
Who are large landowners/plantation owners/planters?
500
Name two different artisans.  Describe what their main job was.
Answers vary.

Examples:

cooper = barrel maker, miller = grain grinder, glassblower = create glassware, printer = print newspapers, cobbler = make shoes, blacksmith = make things out of iron, silversmith = make things out of silver

500
These are the three main reasons that people started the colonies.
What is:

1. religious freedom

2. to make money (trade)

3. to start a new life

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