Questions 1-5
Clearing the land of trees
What community required colonists to attend church on Sundays?
New England Puritans
To stop enslaved people from rebelling, what did they ban?
Education for enslaved people
What was the heart of colonial cities?
the waterfront
The Great Awakening was spurred by which belief?
People have lost their faith.
Enslaved people converted to Christianity because...?
Slave owners forced them to convert
Where did slavery exist? Where did it spread rapidly? Why?
Slavery existed in all three colonial regions. It was popular in the Southern Colonies because people were enslaved to raise the many crops grown there.
Who kept enslaved people fixed to the bottom of society?
White Colonists
How did the Great Awakening prepare colonists for the American Revolution?
It encouraged the ideals of liberty and equality.
What gender was believed to need more education?
Boys
Colonist couldn't marry if they were...? How is marriage in the U.S. different today?
Colonists could not marry if they were indentured servants. Today, people can marry regardless of social status.
What three things are true about colonial marriage and families?
Most colonists married in their 20s, Colonial families were usually large, and Family members took care of each other.
What was the Growth of public education slowed by?
religious differences
Which region had a marketplace where fish, eggs, milk, cheese, and slaves were sold?
City
What was the difference between white children on farms and enslaved children's work life?
Children of White farm families worked to help support their families. Slave owners treated enslaved children as property whose purpose was to work.
When colonists were not working it was called..?
period of leisure
In what town were people put to death for suspected witchcraft?
Salem
In what region did everyone wake up before sunrise?
Farm
What was the colonist's economy based on?
commerce, handcrafts and farming
What were the 2 events that were combined work and play/leisure?
Organizing bees and frolics.