Slaves
Families
Society
Hodge Podge 1
Hodge Podge 2
100
vocabulary term that means a "large farm" that required many slaves to operate and maintain
plantation
100
The place where were most colonial toys made
the home
100
schools that were opened in a woman’s home to teach boys and girls to read and write
Dame Schools
100
Grammar schools were similar to which type of modern schools
high schools
100
The term for the upper class of colonial society
Gentry
200
the brutal voyage across the Atlantic of the enslaved, who were to be auctioned in the colonies
Middle Passage
200
The person who handled childcare and domestic duties
the mother
200
The first college in the colonies
Harvard
200
Name Ben Franklin’s almanac
Poor Richard's Almanac
200
The term for a person who agreed to work for a number of years in exchange for ocean passage to the Americas
indentured servant
300
The reason why colonies wrote the slave codes
To avoid revolts like the Stono Rebellion
300
The age at which colonial children began working
7
300
Name Ben Franklin’s newspaper
Pennsylvania Gazette
300
Name America’s first published poet
Anne Bradstreet
300
Name one thing that Free African Americans were allowed to do
own property and become slaveholders
400
A language that was a blend of English and African dialects
Gullah
400
The term for a young boy who learned a trade
apprentice
400
Name the religious movement that led to the rise of new churches
Great Awakening
400
Name the female slave whose poems were published at age 14
Phillis Wheatley
400
List three things that slaves were forbidden from doing
Owning a weapon, meeting in large groups, learning to read or write, leaving the plantation without permission
500
The percentage of slaves who died on the Middle Passage
10-15%
500
Name two things that parents considered when choosing mates for their children
Religion, Social Status, and Property
500
Name the famous preacher and leader who made speeches condemning colonists for being sinners
Jonathan Edwards
500
Name the colony that banned slavery until the 1750s
Georgia
500
List two things that free African Americans were forbidden from doing
Serving on juries and voting
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