This is a person hired by plantation owners to watch over and direct the work of slaves.
Overseer.
200
What is a clan?
Clans are large groups of families, sometimes in the thousands, that claim a common ancestor.
300
Why was the life of a New England farmer difficult?
Farmers practice subsistence farming. Farming was difficult because of the short growing season and rocky soil.
300
What was the name of the group in Pennsylvania and New York who practiced religious tolerance?
The Quakers
300
How come southern plantation owners did not travel to towns often?
Southern planters were self-sufficient. They produced most of what they needed on their own plantation.
300
Which settlers migrated to the Backcountry?
Small farmers who could not compete with wealthy plantation owners and Scots-Irish.
400
How did settlers in New England take advantage of the Atlantic Ocean?
They became shipbuilders, traders, whalers, and fisherman.
400
How were farms in the Middle Colonies different from those in New England?
Farms in the middle colonies produced cash crops, including fruits vegetables and grains.
400
What two groups of people did planters try to get to work on their plantations for little or no money before African slaves?
White servants-they moved to the Backcountry to start their own farms. Native Americans- died of disease and were able to escape.
400
Name some facts about the land in the Backcountry.
1. Dense forests.
2. Rushing streams.
3. Near or in Appalachian Mountains.
4. Broad Plateau.
500
Describe the amount of slaves in New England.
There were few slaves in New England. Farmers could not afford to feed and house their slaves, because their farms did not produce.
500
How diverse was the population of the Middle Colonies compared to New England? (Think about the pie chart)
The population was very diverse, English and Germans were the largest groups. (ten groups on the pie chart_
500
How did slaves resist?
Some slaves ran away, some worked slowly or made mistakes on purpose. Sometimes groups of slaves started rebellions, like the Stono rebellion.
500
Name 3 details about how the farmers in the Backcountry depended on themselves.
1. They made their own homes.
2. They made their own furniture.
3. They raised cattle and pigs for food.
4. They caught fish and game for food.
5. They grew corn for food.