Vocabulary
Farm Life vs. City Life
Class Differences
Religion & Education
Families & Food
100
the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services
What is an economy?
100
Nine out of ten people lived on _____.
small family farms
100
A person's _____, or place in society, was determined largely by family, inherited titles, and wealth.
class
100
Children grew up reading the Bible from _____.
cover to cover
100
In colonial times, families might include _____, _____, _____, and _____.
grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, and stepchildren
200
a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730's
What was the First Great Awakening?
200
In 1750, one colonist out of _____ lived in a city.
20
200
At the bottom of colonial society were _____ and _____.
indentured servants, slaves
200
Only in _____ were towns required to provide public schools.
New England
200
The _____ taught them how to grow and cook corn, which became a major part of the colonists' diet.
Indians
300
the lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom
What is Parliament?
300
The first and hardest task facing farm families was to _____.
clear the land of trees
300
In America, what set the classes apart was not family background, but _____.
money
300
In New England, church services were held in the _____.
town meetinghouse
300
Married women gave birth many times, but nearly _____ of all children died before they reached adulthood.
half
400
to make a formal demand or request
What is petition?
400
The heart of the city was the _____.
waterfront
400
The lower class was mostly made up of _____ and other workers.
farmhands
400
In New England, towns with more than _____ families were required to build a school.
100
400
Colonists often used _____ and _____ to disguise the bad taste of old meat.
pepper, other spices
500
powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government
What are rights?
500
_____ is one of the most dangerous jobs on your farm.
Cooking
500
The middle class was made up of farmers and _____.
artisans (skilled craftspeople)
500
The Great Awakening helped spread the idea that _____.
all people are equal in the eyes of God
500
Most families had between _____ and _____ children.
seven, ten
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