Vocabulary
What is where a settled region ends and the wilderness begins?
Frontier
Who built wooden frames for houses?
Carpenters
Oats, corn, barley, and buckwheat
The first building on a farm was usually a ______.
Where was Benjamin Franklin born?
Boston, Massachusetts
What is to send out for trade or sale?
Export
Who made spindles, bowls, and candlesticks?
Turners
Nine out of every ten Pennsylvanians were ______.
Farmers
How many rooms did they have for eating, living, and sleeping?
How many years did Benjamin Franklin go to school for?
Two
Who is a person who lives with a master craftsman to learn a trade?
Apprentice
Who heated and hammered the iron bars into tools?
Blacksmiths
What crops were planted in the fall and harvested the next summer?
Wheat and rye
What is a "house-raising" or "barn-raising?"
When a farmer and his neighbors would raise the logs in place for the walls and saw boards for the roof.
How old was Benjamin Franklin when he worked as an apprentice for his brother James?
12 years old
What is a book about the weather, ocean tides, and the movement of the sun, stars, and moon for each year?
Almanac
Who blew bubbles of melted glass and shaped them into glasses and bottles?
Glassblowers
What animals did families hunt for extra meat?
Deer, rabbits, and squirrels
What did the settlers use for windows in the log houses?
Greased paper
Benjamin Franklin's newspaper was called _______.
Pennsylvania Gazette
What is relying on the help of another for support?
Who wove yarn into fabric?
Weavers
Why were animals an important part of farm life?
Meat came from cattle, sheep, pigs, geese, and chickens. Cows also provided milk. The milk was used to make cheese and butter. Hens laid fresh eggs. Other animals helped with the work. Horses and oxen pulled wagons and plows.
Where did the younger children sleep in the log houses?
On a straw or feather mattress next to their parents
What ideas did Benjamin Franklin have for the community?
- He started the first lending library.
- He started a volunteer fire company and fire insurance.
- He helped start the Pennsylvania Hospital.
- Street paving, street lighting, street cleaning, the best cure for a cold, the University of Pennsylvania, and a plan for uniting the colonies.