What is one of the four colonies in the New England region?
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
100
Who originally settled the Middle Colonies?
the Dutch
100
What is the Southern Colonies prosperous in?
planters
100
What is a piece of furniture that the rest of the family sat on?
settle
100
What is..... A small group of boys and girls who would gather in a local woman's home and learn basic reading skills?
Dame School
200
What is name given to a home that was expanded to contain a growing family?
salt-boxes
200
Farms were generally larger in the Middle Colonies because farms were.....
farther apart
200
What is the name of the center of the family life on large plantations?
Great House
200
What is a drink that children drank in colonial times that is not allowed today?
beer
200
What did children use to learn?
hornbook
300
What is the three things the fireplace provided?
heat, cooking, and lighting
300
What is name of the home that Swedish settlers in Delaware brought new technology for?
log cabin
300
What is the Southern Colonies abundant in?
large of amounts of land for planting
forests
clay
300
What is the name of the clothing for children, both boys and girls, that is similar to long shirts?
frocks
300
What is the first main textbook that children used to learn basic reading, spelling, and arithmetic?
New England Primer
400
What was the name of the most common type of lamp used?
betty lamp
400
What did the Quakers in the Middle Colonies value?
education
400
What was imported by the successful merchants in the Southern colonies?
Furniture made of fine walnut and mahogany.
400
What is the age that children joined families in work?
Eight
400
What is the total population that the law required all towns to hire an instructor for formally teaching the town's children?
50 or more
500
What is the century in which the government of Plymouth Colony banned the use of thatch to cover the roofs of homes?
late 17th century
500
What are the 4 colonies that made up the Middle Colonies Region?
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
500
What are the steps needed to construct a home in the Southern Colonies region?
*Extract the clay
*Mix clay with water and fill the molds
*bake in heated kiln to form strong bricks
*cool bricks
*mix lime and sand mortar to hold bricks together
500
What is one of the five lessons that colonial parents taught to their children on proper table manners?
"Sing not, hum not, wiggle not."
"Spit no where in the room but in the corner."
"Eat not too fast nor with Greedy Behavior."