Vocabulary
Events
People
Places
Daily Life
100
Relying on yourself for most things you need.
What is self-sufficient
100
slaves clashed with their owners near a river in South Carolina
What is the Stono Rebellion?
100
a printer who had a lot to do with the success of Philadelphia
Who is Benjamin Franklin
100
As the colonial economy grew, cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston became this.
What are thriving trading centers?
100
The most popular book in the 13 Colonies.
What is Poor Richard's Almanack?
200
a skilled worker
What is an artisan?
200
This caused many people to become interested in religion once again
What is the Great Awakening?
200
She was the first person in the 13 colonies to raise a successful crop of indigo.
Who is Eliza Lucas Pinckney
200
Here ships exchanged captive slaves and gold for sugar and molasses.
What is the West Indies?
200
The first colony to pass laws requiring towns to establish free public schools.
What is Massachusetts?
300
Learning a skill from a more experienced person
What is an apprentice?
300
the second part of a three-part voyage
What is the Middle Passage?
300
At the time of the Great Awakening, he traveled throughout the colonies collecting money to build an orphanage.
Who is George Whitefield?
300
By the middle of the 1700s, this city became the largest in the 13 Colonies.
What is Philadelphia?
300
Day to day life on a Southern plantation was directed by this person.
What is an overseer?
400
Filled with valuable information, this is a reference book with facts and figures
What is an almanac?
400
A trade route from New England to West Africa to the West Indies and back to New England.
What is a triangular trade route?
400
He was thrown in jail for printing his political opinions.
Who is Peter Zenger?
400
Because they milled so much flour, these colonies became known as the "breadbasket of the colonies"
What are the Middle Colonies?
400
Young people could become this to learn a skill from an experienced worker.
What is an apprentice?
500
An open space where sheep and cattle could graze in a town
What is the town common?
500
This poem describes life here. Up in the morning I must rise Before I've time to rub my eyes... But, Oh! It makes my heart to ache, I have no bread till I can bake, And then, alas! it makes me sputter, For I must churn or have no butter.
What are small family farms?
500
The author of Poor Richard's Almanack.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
The most important building in a colonial New England town.
What is the meeting house?
500
Colonists had a variety of ways to make a living. What did a cooper do?
What is make barrels?
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