Colonial Life
Europeans explored North America seeking new resources and this type of opportunity that helped start colonies.
What is economic opportunity or a better life?
This legal permission was needed before settlers could start a colony in America.
What is a charter?
Colonial children learned skills by working with a craftsperson in this type of apprenticeship.
What is training to learn a trade or skill?
Enslaved Africans were brought to colonies through a difficult journey across the ocean. What was the journey called?
What is the Middle Passage?
Which two European countries fought in North America during the French & Indian War?
What are France and England?
Settlements ruled by distant countries were often located near this geographic feature, important for trade and travel.
What is a river or coastline?
Jamestown was established mainly for this reason, unlike Plymouth which was founded for religious reasons.
What is economic gain or making money?
Why were taverns important places in colonial communities besides being social spots?
What is because people shared news, held meetings, and exchanged ideas there?
The Triangular Trade connected three regions. Name two of them.
What are the Americas, Europe, and Africa?
Native Americans helped both sides by forming these important partnerships.
What are alliances?
Life at this area, the edge of settled land, was often harder due to isolation and conflicts.
What is the frontier?
Pilgrims and Puritans both left England, but they had different main goals. What was each group seeking?
What is Pilgrims seeking religious freedom and Puritans seeking church reform?
Describe one difference in daily life or economy between the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
What is New England focused on fishing/trade, Middle on farming/crafts, Southern on plantations?
This economic system meant colonies existed to provide raw materials to the mother country and buy its goods, helping that country become wealthy.
What is mercantilism?
After the war, this British rule stopped colonists from moving west past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Immigrants moved to colonies for many reasons. Name one reason related to beliefs or religion.
What is seeking religious freedom or reform?
Plantations were large farms in Southern colonies. What kind of work made plantations successful?
What is labor by workers such as indentured servants or enslaved people?
How were the roles of men, women, and children different in colonial families? Give one example.
What is men worked fields or trade, women managed household and children helped with chores?
How did plantations in the Southern colonies contribute to the economy?
What is by producing cash crops like tobacco and cotton for sale and export?
How did Britain’s large debt from the war affect the American colonies?
What is Britain taxed the colonists to help pay the debt?
How did the environment influence the way people lived in different colonies?
What is by shaping the jobs they had, the food they grew, and how they built homes?
What was one challenge settlers in all English colonies faced during early settlement?
What is food shortages, harsh weather, or conflicts with Native Americans?
Why was community cooperation important for colonial survival?
What is because working together helped build homes, share food, and protect each other?
Besides goods, what else was often part of the Triangular Trade?
What are enslaved people (human cargo)?
Colonists complained about British taxes because they had no say in Parliament. What phrase describes this complaint?
What is "No taxation without representation"?