Life the in Colonies
Colonial Vocabulary
The Great Awakening
Colonial Jobs
Servants and Slavery
100
A person who learns a skill or trade from another person.
Who is an apprentice?
100
a person who is chosen to act for others
What is a representative?
100
The majority of people in the colonies and in the United States today practice this religion
What is Christianity?
100
I made everything from hooks to spoons, and anchors to farm equipment. My tools were a hammer and anvil.
What is a blacksmith?
100
Slaves were often sold at one of these.
What is an auction?
200
A skilled laborer who works for someone else
What is a journeyman?
200
A member of a country
What is a citizen?
200
These religious meetings were held in tents and buildings. People came from miles around to hear the emotional speeches of preachers.
What is a revival?
200
I used tools such as augers, chisels, and gimlets. I could make you a nice table for your kitchen.
What is a cabinetmaker?
200
Many of these laws were created in the colonies to help control the slave population.
What are slave codes?
300
Many assemblies and town governments were based on this model of government from England
What is the House of Commons?
300
A gathering of elected representatives for a specific reason
What is an assembly?
300
A traveling preacher from Britain that very popular during the Great Awakening. He spoke to crowds of all religions, genders, and ages.
Who was George Whitefield?
300
I made lots of wooden storage containers such as barrels, firkins, and casks.
What is cooper?
300
The growth of the tobacco industry lead to this major development.
What is slavery?
400
If you wanted to hear news about the town you had to listen to this person.
What is a town crier?
400
A gathering of people who live in a town to issues
What is a town meeting?
400
A person who gives speeches about religious subjects
What is a preacher?
400
I used goat, human and horse hair to make fashionable head pieces for colonists. I sometimes served as a barber.
What is wigmaker?
400
A system of trade where goods and slaves were traded between the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
What is the Triangular Trade Routes?
500
It was started in Jamestown in 1619 and continued through colonial times. It was the first representative assembly in the colonies.
What is the house of Burgesses?
500
a system in which prices are not controlled by the government
What is a free-market economy?
500
The central message of the Great Awakening that would create more separation between the church and colonists and the king and colonists
What is questioning authority?
500
I used a machine called a printing press to make books and newspapers.
What is a printer?
500
a famous 1739 rebellion in South Carolina where slaves killed colonists and attempted to make it to Florida.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
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