How many months did it take to journey across the Atlantic from England to the colonies?
2 to 3 months
100
Name 3 reasons people wanted to come to the colonies:
cheap land
economic opportunity
religious freedom
100
Why did the settlers move to the back country?
land in the back country cost less
100
By the 1700's there were approximately how many enslaved Africans in North America?
250,000
100
what year and state was the stono rebellion
1739 South Carlina
200
Explain 4 bad things about the conditions on the ships coming to the colonies.
the ships were crowded
they were damp
they were filthy
diseases spread quickly
200
Most colonial families worked on farms.
Name 2 jobs that men did -
Men - harvested crops & hunted
200
Who lived in the back country before the settlers came?
the Yamasee
200
What colony was the first to legalize slavery?
Massachusetts
200
Name three ways the slaves try to fight back
they slowed down their work broke tools and lost tools
300
Describe 3 wyas that the conditions on the ships were even worse for the African captives.
they were chained together
they were in cramped spaces
1 out of 7 died on the journey
300
Most colonial families worked on farms.
Name 4 jobs that women did -
Women - cooking, gardening, sewing, and spinning
300
What was the name of the war that was fought after the settlers took too much land in the back country? Who lost the war and where did they go when they lost?
The Yamasee War.
the Yamasee lost and went to Florida
300
what where the slaves job
Farms & plantations
300
what was the ultimate goal of the slaves
To fight back and gain their freedom
400
What do you call the people that chose to come to work in the colonies but could not pay their way?
Indentured servants
400
Most colonial families worked on farms.
Name 3 jobs that children did
children - fed chickens, milked cows, gathered eggs
400
Who fought along with the Yamasee agains the settlers?
the Muscogee and the Choctaw
400
Where did some of the slaves in the northern colonies work?
in the shipyards
500
What did the indentured servants agree to do when they got to the colonies?
They agreed to work for 5 to 7 years to repay the cost of the voyage (the ship trip)
500
What do you call a person who worked to learn a trade or craft but did not get paid money?
An apprentice
500
What do you call a map that shows where events from the past took place?