The 13 colonies
True or False:
There are 4 states in the original 13 colonies that begin with the letter N
True!
Name one thing that was traded during the triangular trade system.
(Answers will vary)
True or False- The Colonists lived in New England and could grow more crops.
False- they lived in the Middle colonies where it was warmer
What was the name of the person that would beat a slave besides a slave owner?
overseer
What is another name for America?
The US, The United States
Massachusetts was founded after 1620.
True or false
False. It was founded IN 1620
True or False- Slaves were traded from Africa to Europe?
FALSE- it is the other way around
Correct the sentence:
Artisans made things to buy and sell, while merchants made iron and silver.
Artisans were skilled at making things by hand. Merchants bought and sold the goods.
(Artisan makes. Merchant sells)
Who hired tutors to teach their children at home?
Wealthy plantation owners
What is a plantation and who worked on plantations?
A plantation is where the middle and southern colonies grew crops. Slaves worked on plantations.
How many states were founded between 1653 and 1664?
4
Name 2 raw materials that were traded from America to Europe
Goods and Food
Name 3 things an artisan might have made.
Answers will vary
Give a title for Passage 7 that makes sense like passage 8. Use passage 8's question to help you.
Living a Distant Apart, or Differences in Life (Something like this)
What was the king of England in charge of?
The church and the government of the Puritans (the people from England).
From the first established state, to the last established of the 13 colonies, what was the years difference in time?
125 years
What states had the most slaves?
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Explain what a family in the middle colony may have been like compared to a family in the New England Colonies.
Example: A family in the New England colonies would practice more religion than the middle colonies. The middle colonies were more diverse.
The first slaves arrived in the colonies in 1619. Slavery did not end for 250 years after that. What year did it end?
1869
Why was the Massachusetts Bay Colony established?
So people can practice their religion the way they want without danger back in England.
Charleston, the Apache region, and Georgia were apart of WHAT colonies?
The Southern
Correct the sentence:
Farming did become the only way of trading goods in New England colonies because the climate was nice.
Farming didn't become the main way of making money in New England colonies because the climate was too harsh.
What are two synonyms for religion.
belief and faith
If slavery ended in 1879 (not the year), and it is the year 2026, how many years has it been abolished?
about 147 years!
Name the 5 European groups that migrated to the Middle colonies.
Dutch, Scot-Irish, Scandinavian, German and French