Vocab
What is an apprentice?
A young person who learns a skill from a master.
What is one benefit of being an apprentice?
Learning a trade, more opportunities
What was a large farm where cash crops were grown?
A plantation.
What were colonial desserts often like?
Not very tasty.
Where did most enslaved people in the South work?
Plantations.
What is an artisan?
A skilled worker who makes things by hand.
What is one drawback of being an apprentice?
Long hours and little freedom.
What was the most important building in a colonial town?
The meeting house.
What did children spend most of their time doing when not in school?
Chores.
Where did many enslaved people in the North work?
Homes, shops, and inns, as skilled artisan
What is the Middle Passage?
The second leg of a three-part trade voyage.
What are trade routes shaped like giant triangles?
Triangular trade routes.
Where did colonists buy tea and sugar?
A general store.
What was the most important part of life for many colonists?
Religion.
Why was life sometimes better for enslaved people in the North than in the South?
Because enslaved people in the North usually had more opportunities to improve their lives than those in the South.
What is an almanac?
A reference book with facts, figures, and weather info.
Who made shoes, tools, or furniture?
An artisan.
Who managed a plantation?
An overseer.
What three subjects were taught in colonial schools?
Reading, writing, and arithmetic and rules of polite behavior.
What valuable crop did enslaved Africans help to grow?
Rice.
What is the Great Awakening?
A religious movement that renewed colonists’ interest in religion.
What did the New England economy depend on most?
Forests and the sea.
What is an open space where animals grazed in a town?
The town common.
Why did colonists usually not use envelopes for letters?
Why did colonists usually not use envelopes for letters?
Why were plantation owners afraid of enslaved people using instruments?
Because plantation owners feared the slaves were using instruments to send secret messages to one another.