VOCABULARY
WORKING & TRADING
CITIES, TOWNS, & FARMS
EVERYDAY LIFE
Slavery
100
A young person who learns a skill from a more experienced person
What is an apprentice
100
How did a person become an artisan
What is being a successful apprentice
100
What was the largest city in the 13 colonies
What is Philadelphia
100
A reference book with facts and figures
What is an almanac
100
A fight between slaves and plantation owners near a river in South Carolina
What is the Stono Rebellion
200
An open space where sheep and cattle graze
What is a town common
200
What was life like for children who grew up on farms during colonial times
WORK. They were given jobs or chores.
200
The most important building in a colonial town
What is the meeting house
200
This was an important part of life in all regions of the English Colonies
What is religion
200
Slaves could not travel or go onto ships without this
What is written permission
300
The third leg of a three-part voyage
What is the Middle Passage
300
What were the advantages and disadvantages of being an apprentice
Advantages- become an artisan, open your own business, important responsibilities Disadvantages- long hours, hard work, little rest, little free time
300
Served as a marketplace where farmers could sell their crops and buy tools and clothes
What is a Middle Colony town
300
When a day's work was done, families often sat together and did this
What is read aloud from a book
300
Slaves in this region had more opportunities to improve their lives and worked in stores, inns, and as skilled artisans
What is the North
400
A skilled worker who makes things by hand
What is an artisan
400
What were triangular trade routes
What is a three part voyage that took colonial goods to Africa, then slaves to the West Indies and then finally brought goods back to the colonies
400
First planter to raise a successful indigo plant
Who is Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney
400
Three things students learned
What is reading, writing, arithmetic and rules of polite behavior
400
Name 3 ways that slaves rebelled
Worked slow, pretended not to understand, broke tools and destroyed crops
500
People who rely on themselves for most of what they need
What is self-sufficient
500
On what resources were the New England, Middle and Sounthern Colonies based?
New England- forests and sea= timber and fish Middle- farm products and minerals= grains & iron Southern- rich soil & warm weather= cash crops
500
What are Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments in Philadelphia
What is establishing the first public library, hospital, newspaper, and volunteer fire department
500
This revived many colonists' interest in religion and inspired people to help others
What is the Great Awakening
500
Plantation owners were afraid that slaves were using these to send secret messages
What are instruments
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