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Vocabulary
Colonial Job Speak
Government
Immigrants
Slavery
100
What are colonists that learn to make a living as artisans that lived with masters.
apprentices
100
How did people in the Middle Colonies learn to do skilled jobs?
they became apprentices
100
What was the document that William Penn wrote to set up a self-government?
The Frame of Government
100
What were two costs for immigrants who came to the Middle Colonies?
Leaving their homes, Leaving their families Settling in an unknown place learning new laws adapting to a new culture
100
What did the Great Awakening do for slavery?
The Great Awakening made people start to believe that slavery was wrong.
200
These people when added to the colonies added to the diversity. They came from other places.
immigrants
200
What is an artisan?
Artisans are craft workers.
200
What did the Frame of Government do?
It set up a legislature called the General Assembly. It also gave citizens freedom of speech, religion and the right to a fair trial.
200
What were two benefits for immigrants coming to the Middle Colonies?
religious freedom political freedom escaping war from their homelands more economic opportunities getting the chance to buy their own land
200
What were slaves allowed to do that weren't allowed before during The Great Awakening?
They were allowed to participate in religious gatherings.
300
William Penn wanted all colonists to be treated with this.
justice
300
Name three types of artisans.
Blacksmiths Coopers Carpenters Bricklayers Bakers Butchers Flour Millers soap Makers Cobblers
300
What is a trial by jury?
A group of citizens decides if a citizen is guilty or innocent of commiting a crime.
300
How did imigrants learn to do skilled jobs?
They became apprentices who lived and worked with artisans to learn skills.
300
How were slaves transported from Africa?
They traveled on ships on the triangular trade route.
400
Benjamin Franklin set this up to protect Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.
militia
400
When did a female own a business?
If a woman's husband died she would take over his business. Some women ran taverns, prinint businesses, and silversmith shops.
400
How did Penn want the Native Americans to be treated?
He wanted them to be treated with justice, or fairness.
400
Why did immigrants make living in the Middle Colonies an interesting place to live.
They came from so many different backgrounds that there was a lot of diversity.
400
Where was the largest amount of slaves in the thirteen colonies?
The largest number of slaves were in the south.
500
The middle colonies flourished. This word is used to describe how the fertile land, deep harbors, and mild climate of the Middle Colonies all contributed to how well the people did living there.
Prosperity
500
Why was it good to live on a port?
Owners of businesses could send their goods down the rivers and bays to other areas and make more money.
500
What group of Native Americans did Penn pay for the land that King Charles II took from them.
Penn made a long lasting friendship with the Lenape leaders. Tamenand became friends with Penn.
500
Name two different groups of immigrants.
Dutch French Belgian Swedish Puritans Quakers
500
How were slaves treated on the ships they were transported on?
They were chained together and lived side by side for up to eight weeks of journey. If they fell ill or died they were thrown overboard.