Daily Life
What was the main room in a colonial home called, where cooking and family activities happened?
The hearth or main room
What job involved making shoes by hand?
A cobbler
What document was signed aboard the Mayflower to establish self-government?
The Mayflower Compact
What Native American helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter by teaching them to plant corn?
Squanto
What was the main cash crop of Virginia?
Tobacco
What was the common schooling tool made of wood with a sheet of paper or parchment attached?
A hornbook
What was a blacksmith’s main product?
Iron tools and horseshoes
Which colony was founded by William Penn as a “holy experiment”?
Pennsylvania
What war in the 1670s involved Native American groups resisting New England colonists?
King Philip’s War
What trade system connected Africa, the Caribbean, and the colonies?
The Triangular Trade
What was the average number of children in a colonial family?
Around 6–8
Which trade specialized in making barrels for storage and shipping?
A cooper
Which colonial region (New England, Middle, Southern) had the town meeting form of government?
New England
Which colony disappeared mysteriously and is called “The Lost Colony”?
Roanoke
What was the main crop grown on plantations in South Carolina and Georgia?
Rice or indigo
What was the most common fabric made in the colonies?
Linen or wool
Who was the colonial printer and publisher who became famous as a Founding Father?
Benjamin Franklin
What was the first elected assembly in the colonies, founded in Virginia in 1619?
House of Burgesses
What 1692 event in Massachusetts accused people of witchcraft?
The Salem Witch Trials
What was the name for the system that forced Africans to work on colonial plantations?
Slavery
Which colonial city had the first newspaper, Publick Occurrences, in 1690?
Boston
What was the name of apprenticeships that young boys served in to learn a trade?
Indentures / apprenticeships
Which British law required colonists to pay for printed paper, newspapers, and legal documents?
The Stamp Act
What war between France and England (1754–1763) started in the colonies?
The French and Indian War
What is the economic theory where colonies existed to benefit the mother country?
Mercantilism