Vocab
A settlement rules by a distant country is called a
Colony
The Pilgrims came to America on the ______.
Mayflower
What kind of goods did hunters and trappers sell?
The sold furs, animal hides, and herbs.
What crops did the Indians teach the settlers to grow?
They grew corn, squash, and beans.
To move away from the coast is to move
Inland
The Pilgrims named their colony ______.
Plymouth
Why did farmers move tot he forests west of Philadelphia?
They went to find more land for farms/
What was a log cabin made of?
Houses wee made of trees that had been cut down.
People need food and water in order to
Survive
The Pilgrims found good farmland and many ______ that gave them wood.
Forests
How did farmers change the eastern forest?
They cut them down for farmland and to build houses.
Who helped a settler build a log cabin?
Their neighbors helped them.
Land that has not been changed by farms or buildings is a
Wilderness
The Wampanoag taught the Pilgrims to grow beans, pumpkins, and _______.
Corn
Why were the ax and rifle so important to settlers?
The ax was important for chopping wood: the rifle was used to hunt for food.
Supplies that are sold to people are called
Goods
The first Thanksgiving was a _______ to celebrate a good harvest.
Feast
From whom did settlers learn many of the skills that helped them survive in the forest?
The Indians taught them.