Kids!?!
Colonial Economies
Benjamin is a friend of mine
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child
Amistead
100
Colonial kids who lived in towns would probably do this when they were about 11 years old.
What is become apprenticed? BONUS: What were the advantages and disadvantages of being an apprentice?
100
New England's economy was based on...
What are shipbuilding, timber and fishing?
100
Benjamin really put Philadelphia on the map when he founded all of these things.
What the city's first newspaper, the city's first public library, first hospital and first volunteer fire department?
100
Schools have come a long way since these early days. Describe what school life was like in the late 1600's
What all students of all ages, learned in a one room school house. They learned the basics, reading, writing and arithmetic. Most were done going to school by age 12?
100
Describe the life of a slave in the South.
What is worked in the fields farming the plantations, long hours, cruel conditions, laws the prohibited escape? BONUS: What other jobs did slaves perform on the plantations?
200
Young girls living on the farm would...
What is help Mom in the house making soap, candles, clothing and food for the family?
200
The Middle Colonies were known as this.
What is the breadbasket of the colonies? BONUS: Why?
200
New England towns were considered to be this
What is self sufficient?
200
Reading the Bible is great, but I really prefer to read this.
What is Poor Richard's Almanac?
200
Describe life for slaves in the North.
What are more opportunities to improve their lives? Ex they could earn money by taking on extra jobs.
300
Name six colonial jobs.
What are shoemaker, blacksmith, fisherman. cooper, printer, surveyor, miller, merchant and dressmaker?
300
The Middle Colonies' economy was based on this.
What wheat, iron and cattle?
300
The focal point of New England towns was this.
What is the Town Common?
300
Why do we always have the same thing for dinner? Not that again!!!
What is fish or beef stew?
300
Slaves kept their African culture alive by...
What are making drums, banjos and other instruments? BONUS: Why were these instruments banned by some plantation owners?
400
The second leg of this voyage was the worst. I hate the...
What is the Middle Passage? BONUS: Why was this the worst?
400
The Southern colonies' economies were based on.
What are cotton, tobacco, indigo and rice?
400
Middle Colony towns were important because...
What is they were trading centers?
400
We used to not go to church a lot but then this happened.
What is the Great Awakening? BONUS: Explain what the Great Awakening was?
400
Enslaved people resisted their owners by...
What are breaking tools, working slowly, pretending to be sick and trying to escape?
500
Describe the Triangular Trade Route (hint, you may want to draw it on the board)
What are iron goods from England were traded in Africa. Slaves and gold from Africa were traded in the Caribbean. Molasses, sugar and slaves from the Caribbean were traded in America. Timber, grain, tobacco and rice from America were traded in England?
500
These were the four largest shipping ports in the colonies
What are Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Charleston?
500
This man was jailed because he dared to tell the truth.
Who is John Peter Zenger? BONUS: What famous lawyer got him off?
500
Name the reasons people wanted to come to America.
What are escape religious persecution, get more land, make money, freedom?
500
This slave uprising resulted in the deaths of 25 white colonists and the execution of all of the slaves.
What is the Stono Rebellion?