Colonial vocab.
What is the definition of a colony?
An area of land owned by another country.
Approximately what age would females attend school until? How about boys?
Girls-when they mastered their lessons
Boys-12/13 (some went to college after)
This person works with fire to bend iron into tools.
A blacksmith.
What were the three geographic areas that the colonies were broken into?
New England, Middle, Southern
Who was living in the New World prior to Europeans arriving?
Native Americans
What are people living in the colonies called?
Colonists.
A wooden slab with lessons pasted to it.
A hornbook.
This person makes barrels.
A cooper.
Name at least 2 reasons why people from Europe wanted to come to the New World?
1-religious freedom
2-land
3-new jobs
4-new resources
What group of people first discovered North America?
The Vikings
A large plot of land that had a farm on it and a large house. Slaves were forced to live there and their working conditions were poor.
A plantation.
Name at least two materials that students would write on.
Men went to this person if they needed new breeches and women came if they needed a new gown.
A tailor.
What was the name of the first colonial settlement?
Jamestown, Virginia.
Where did Christopher Columbus land?
The Bahamas or San Salvador
A young person who is learning a specific trade (or job) from someone who is a master at it.
Apprentice.
What is the book called that children used to memorize prayers and short passages?
New England Primer
This person shouts the town news from the village green.
What was the first cash crop?
Tobacco.
Who did Columbus get money from for his voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
The act of establishing a colony.
Settling/settlement
The first school that all children could attend (including girls).
Dame School.
What are some tools that a wigmaker may use?
A curling iron, animal hair, a wig block, a hackle.
Name the 4 middle colonies
NJ, NY, DE, NJ
Which leader ended up taking control of all of the colonies and where was he from?
King George of England.