New Settlers in America
Who are the Scotch-Irish and the Germans?
AS prosperity was rising in the colonies, this was the housing material that became more common.
What is brick?
This was a paddle-shaped board faced with a card containing the alphabet and the Lord's Prayer.
What is a hornbook?
Although he held true to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, this is the reason that King Henry 8th broke away from the Catholic Church.
What is to divorce is wife?
The age she was when she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord.
What is 15?
These people were German Baptist and got their nickname from the German word meaning "to dip."
Who are the Dunkers?
What are farmhouses, log cabins, clapboard homes, mansions with piazzas?
This was the standard text throughout the colonial period that provided basic grammar, vocabulary, moral lessons, and a short catechism.
What is the New England Primer?
This is the number of Protestants that Queen Mary burned at the stake.
What is 300?
Her favorite number
What is 5?
In 1700, the population stood at 250,000. By the time of the American Revolution, it had jumped to this number.
What is 2.5 million?
Name three of some of the foods that Europeans brought to the American colonies.
What are bananas, melons, rice, wheat, oats, tea, and coffee?
These schools open to boys and girls and the teacher was either a widow or a spinster.
What are Dame Schools?
This is the Church Polity that allowed the high ranking congregational leaders to elect their leader. An example is the high ranking cardinals in Rome will choose the Pope.
What is the Presbyterian Polity?
The year she was born.
What is 1985?
Earlier marriages and large families were favorite in the colonies because it provided this for the home.
What is labor source/workers?
This was the basic purpose of schools in colonial America.
What is to provide basic skills and give students the ability to read the Bible?
True or False: There were more college graduates during Colonial America than today.
What is true?
After refusing to answer if he was a witch during the Salem Witch Trials, Giles Corey died by this method.
What is stone crushing?
The number of siblings she has by blood.
What is zero?
This disease struck Queen Elizabeth 1. By using her form of make up to cover the scars left from the disease, she slowly poisoned her body.
What is smallpox?
From the 6-11th Century, this was the number of English kings who could sign his own name.
What are 3?
Charlestown, SC had the honor of establishing the first one of these in 1698.
What is public library?
This is the only group and only way Baptist would baptize.
Who are professing believers and full immersion?
The year she graduated high school.
What is 2004?