Colony
Everyday Life
Settlement
Vocabulary
Potpourri
100

Where did the Puritans land?

Where is Salem, Ma?

100

Puritans used this as a textbook to learn how to read and write

What is a hornbook?

100

Name 2 jobs that men had during the colonial days.

What is a farmer and merchant?

blacksmith, barber, butcher

100

To send away means to ___.

What is banish?

100

Name 2 things a person could do in a tavern.

What is eat, relax, meetings, gossip/talk, dances, and elections?

200

_____  was the leader of the Puritans.

Who is John Winthrop?

200

The Puritans founded this capital of Massachusetts

What is Boston?

200

Puritans started the 1st college in America in Cambridge in 1636

What is Harvard College?

200

Another word for a diary is a ____.

What is a journal?

200
Name 2 reasons why the Native Americans fought the colonists in King Philip's War.

What are  

  • Colonists cut down trees for homes

  • Colonists scared away the animals

  • It was hard to find good land for growing crops

300

The Puritans took canoes, cattle, and axes on their journey.  Is this True or False?

What is True?

300

2 Towns started by the Puritans

What are   Medford  Watertown   Dorchester   Roxbury  Lynn?

300

In what year did the Salem Witch trials start?

What is 1692?

300

A school that is paid for by the people of a city or town, not just by the parents of the students who go there is called a __.

What is public school?

300

The Puritan girls ___________ ,  cleaned,  and took the  ________  to the pasture.

What is cooked, and cows?

400

What ship did the Puritans sail on?

What is the Arbella?

400

Boston set up the first public school called  ________________.

What is the Latin School?

400

Who ended the Salem Witch trials?

Who is the governor?

400

A person who made a living trading goods between colonies and countries was called a blacksmith.  Is this True or False?

What is False?

400

Name 2 ways the Puritans and the Pilgrims are different.

What are when they came, name of ship, where settled, why they came, who leader was

500

______  is the name of the Puritan settlement.

What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

500

Men who made a living trading goods between the colonies and countries like Europe and Africa were called ___.

Who are merchants?

500

Soldiers who protect a town were called ____.

Who are the militia?

500

What does content mean?

What is satisfied?

500

A person who lives with a craftsman and learns his skills is called a ___.


What is an apprentice?