Vocabulary
industry
all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service
What were the ocean waters off of New England full of?
Fish
Where did New Englanders ship fish and lumber to?
Europe, Africa, and West Indies
Were New England families large or small?
large
Aside from a home, what other purpose did homes serve?
Woodshop
a product that is shipped out of a country
How many pounds of fish had the New Englanders caught by 1641?
600,000 pounds
Tea and Spices
What kind of houses did they live in?
If a family needed a certain product, oftentimes they what?
Grew the product.
import
a product that is shipped into a country
What was the most common fish?
Cod
What shape did this trade route form?
Triangle
How did families light their homes?
Candles and Lamps
Men and boys spent most of their time doing what?
Working in the fields.
Middle Passage
the voyage from Africa to the West Indies
oil for lamps
What ocean did this trade route cover?
Atlantic
How did families heat their homes?
Fireplace
Cook and serve food.
Use the word import and export in a sentence.
Teacher judgement
By 1675, how many pounds of fish had they caught?
6 million
List the four exports that were listed as exports from North America to Europe on the map on page 175...
Fish, Whale Oil, Lumber, and Tobacco
How did families keep warm at night?
Slept on mattresses near the fire.
What were some of the household products that the women and girls made?
clothing, soap, and canldes