Lesson 2
True or False: Land, climate, and natural resources differed by colony and shaped food, clothing, homes, and jobs.
True
What were the three places that the Triangular trade route connected?
Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Why was slavery introduced in the colonies?
Workers and labors needed, not enough indentured servants
Besides working on farms, what were some other jobs for enslaved people?
Many worked in shops, inns, or homes and sometimes learned skilled trades.
What powered gristmills to grind wheat and corn?
Flowing water
What is an Apprenticeship?
Apprenticeships trained young people in trades and tied skills to family incomes and community needs.
What was the Middle Passage?
Trip from Gold Coast of Africa to the Americas of enslaved Africans (weeks–months, overcrowded, many died).
Who had more rights, indentured servants or enslaved Africans?
Indentured servants
artisans, small merchants, professionals
True or False: The Great Awakening didn't influenced colonial culture and helped shape later ideas about authority and personal rights.
False
In which state were Laws created to removed rights and treated Africans as property — slavery established?
Massachusettes
What risks did an enslaved person face after gaining freedom?
Children played simple games and learned skills at home or through apprenticeships; daily routines differed by region and class.
What made trade and transportation easier and helped seaports grow?
Rivers, harbors, and coastal access
Why did Southern colonies have higher populations of enslaved Africans?
Southern economy relied on labor‑intensive cash crops (tobacco, rice, later cotton)
Why were rebellions less common in the North?
There was a larger slave population in South
Explain how geography determined colonial industries.
timber, fish, furs, ships in New England;
wheat, iron, cattle in the Middle;
tobacco, rice, indigo in the South
Who were two well-known preachers part of the Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
What are two examples of cultural influence enslaved Africans brought to the Americas?
foods, music, instruments like the banjo
Name two methods of slavery resistance.
Methods of resistance: learning to read/write, helping others, breaking tools, working slowly, stealing food, setting fires, escaping or forming separate communities.