Vocabulary/Random
Ships would most likely produced in which colonies, New England, Middle, or Southern?
What are New England.
What do you have to be first before you become an artisan?
What is an apprentice.
Would boys or girls help make household products?
What are girls.
____________ were a serious problem in colonial cities.
What are fires.
The man who invented the Franklin stove and bifocal glasses.
Who is Ben Franklin.
Ben Franklin was considered a ___________ when he helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris with England.
What is a diplomat.
As an apprentice, would you have to work short or long hours?
What is long hours?
Who would help chop firewood, hunt, and farm...boys or girls?
Who are boys.
The most important building in the colonial towns.
What is a meeting house.
John Peter Zinger's court case outcome is an example of "freedom of the _________"
What is press.
What is the advantage of being an apprentice?
What is you get to learn from an artisan or learn a new skill?
Name one of the activities kids did in their free time in colonial times.
What is games, sports, fly kites, sled, climb trees, hide-n-seek, etc.
Both _________ and _________ are self-sufficient.
What are plantations/farms and towns.
The writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
Who is Ben Franklin.
The area that was used in colonial towns for cattle to graze was called a ______________.
What is a town common.
An ______________ is someone who is a skilled craftsman who makes things by hand.
What is an artisan.
How many rooms were in the typical colonial school house?
What is one.
An ______________ runs the day-to-day activities on a plantation.
What is an overseer.
This individual wrote about the negative things New York's governor did in his newspaper.
Who is John Peter Zenger.
Which group of colonies, New England, Middle, or Southern had the perfect climate and soil for growing crops?
What are Southern colonies?
Would an apprentice have a lot or a little time off?
What is a little?
What was one of the main subjects children learned in school?
What is Reading, Writing, Math, and polite behavior
Did cities, towns, or farms are known for having diverse populations?
What are cities.
The man who defended John Peter Zenger in court.
What is Andrew Hamilton.