Vocabulary
Someone who is skilled at making something by hand
artisan
Which colonies grew rice and indigo as their main crops?
South Carolina and Georgia
Which sentence about slaves' lives is true?
Many slaves adopted Christianity
What was the economy of the southern colonies based on?
agriculture
A place protected by threat or harm
refuge
It had the first elected legislature in the colonies
What was the one difference between plantations and backcountry farms?
farmers children learned to read and write from their parents
How do you think the decisions of William Penn made in Pennsylvania have influenced the history of the US?
Other colonies would follow his example; people today still enjoy religious freedoms
An African American religious folk song
spiritual
Which of the following is true about life in the Middle Colonies?
Many young people who lived in cities became apprentices
Most of the colonists in the southern colonies were what?
backcountry farmers
What was one cost of this decision?
Penn and other colonists might have to live with and tolerate people whose beliefs they did not agree with.
A person whose job requires hard physical work
Laborer
Why did the Middle Colonies become a place where many different people lived?
the proprietors believed in religious tolerance
What knowledge did enslaved African people bring to South Carolina and Georgia?
method of growing rice
What was one benefit of Penn's decision to allow free speech?
people would not have to go to jail for expressing their religious beliefs or opinions
A person in charge of a colony’s land
Prioprietor
How did William Penn gain land to form a colony?
King Charles repaid a debt by giving Penn a piece of land
Which of the following colonies had the largest population of enslaved people?
South Carolina
When William Penn founded Pennsylvania, he allowed colonists to speak and worship freely. Name another decision made
he let colonist elect representatives