Vocabulary
Geography of Colonies
New England
Life in New England
Chores of Colonial People
100
The time of year when its warm enough for plants to grow.
What is growing season?
100
Climate and geography
What sets apart the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies?
100
This place was different then Massachusetts Bay because religion and government were separate.
What is Rhode Island?
100
Cod
What is the fish important to New England economy?
100
Cook Food
What is a job of women and girls?
200
A gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns.
What is a town meeting?
200
Forests, Fish and Whales
What are New England's natural resources?
200
People allowed to vote in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who are men that owned land?
200
Shipbuilding, fishing and whaling
What are 3 New England industries that depended on the sea?
200
Care for farm animals
What is a job for men and boys?
300
A person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders.
What is a dissenter?
300
Glaciers left behind fertile soil.
Why was the land in the Middle Colonies good for farming?
300
He wanted to form a community where all men could vote.
Who is Thomas Hooker?
300
Filthy and crowded with chained people.
What was it like aboard the slave ships?
300
Bring wood in for the fireplace
What is a job for the men and boys?
400
1. A product sent to another country and sold. 2. A product brought into a country from another.
1. What is an export? 2. What is an import?
400
rivers are good for transportation and trade and forests were good for hunting animals.
Why were forests and rivers important to the Middle Colonies?
400
In addition to Rhode Island, these colonies were started by colonists from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What are Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine?
400
A popular movement that renewed interest in religion.
What is the Great Awakening?
400
Preserve fruit and vegetables
What is a job for women and girls?
500
All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.
What is an industry?
500
New England Colonies
What are Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island?
500
A struggle for land between New England and the Indians who were living on the land.
What is the Pequot War?
500
Triangular trade
What are the trade routes among Europe, Africa and North America?
500
Plant and Harvest Crops
What is a job for everyone?
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