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Lesson 1: Working and Trading
Lesson 2: Cities, Towns, and Farms
Lesson 3: Everyday Life in the Colonies
Lesson 4: Slavery in the Colonies
Short Answer
100
What was a disadvantage of being an apprentice?
What is rarely getting a day off or being able to have free time.
100
Name some things that Benjamin Franklin started while in Philadelphia.
Some things he started were a hospital, volunteer fire department, and a public library.
100
What was a school like in the colonies?
What is room filled with children of all ages?
100
Where did most slaves work in the South?
What is plantations?
100
What is the main reason that children became apprentices or worked on farms?
What is because children who became apprentices typically lived in cities and towns. Children who work on farms grew up there and helped their family with the farm work.
200
Name at least 3 jobs that can be found during colonial times?
What is a dress maker, fisherman, cooper, surveyor, or miller?
200
What was the most important building in a colonial town?
What is a meeting house?
200
Why did many of the colonists want to leave Europe?
What is because they wanted religious freedom?
200
What are some things that helped slaves keep their culture?
What is music (drums, banjos) and supporting each other?
200
How did colonists in the New England colonies use trees?
What is they used trees to export timber to England for trade. Trees also were used to build houses, ships, and barrels.
300
Name at least two cash crops found in the south.
Cash crops were rice, tobacco, and indigo.
300
What did all colonial towns have in common?
What is they were self-sufficient?
300
What was one of the most popular books during this time?
What is the Poor Richard's Almanac?
300
How did slaves resist slavery?
What is by trying to escape?
300
What was daily life like for children in the colonies?
What is children in towns or cities attended one-room schools. By their teens, most worked on family farms or as apprentices. Free time was spent on chores or simple games or sports.
400
Describe the triangular trade route.
The triangular trade route was a voyage with two stops before returning home. It included Africa, England, and the American colonies.
400
Who was the first person in the colonies to raise a successful crop of Indigo?
Who is Eliza Lucas Pickney?
400
Name a common food found in the colonies?
What is fish stew with vegetables?
400
The Stono Rebellion occurred next to what river?
What is the Stono River?
400
Why were laws passed that denied slaves many rights?
What is because slaves were considered property. Their owners wanted to restrict their freedom so they wouldn't be as likely to escape.
500
Why were the Middle Colonies nicknamed the "Bread-basket" colonies?
What is because of how much wheat was grown there.
500
Which city in the colonies was the biggest?
What is Philadelphia?
500
What is the oldest college in our nation?
What is Harvard?
500
How did the city of Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin help each other?
What is Benjamin Franklin wanted to be a printer. He found a job in Philadelphia working for a printer in town. Franklin had a lot to do with the city's success. He founded the city's first newspaper, first public library, first hospital, and first volunteer fire department.