Colonial Economies
These people were the main source of labor on southern plantations
What are slaves?
Local judges appointed by governors were called this
What are justices of the peace?
Women in these two roles were expected to take care of the home and the children
What are wives and mothers?
Early schools run at the homes of widows and single women were called this
What are dame schools?
Puritans eventually came to be known by this name
What are Congregationalists?
These people worked their land solely to provide for themselves and their families
What are subsistence farmers?
These type of colonies elected their leaders and had the least interference from Britain
What are charter colonies?
This is the age at which slave children would be required to begin work
What is 10?
The paddle-like board that colonial children used early in their education and had a printed sheet on it containing the alphabet and the Lord’s Prayer was called this
What is a hornbook?
This group was founded by Roger Williams and did not believe in infant baptism, only adult baptism by immersion
What are baptists?
Agriculture was the main economic activity of these colonies, with rice, indigo, and tobacco especially seeing high demand
What are the southern colonies?
This was the name for the basic unit of government in the New England Colonies, which held town meetings and decided important issues by majority vote
What is the township?
Free members of the lower class included these two groups
What are unskilled workers and subsistence farmers
These schools provided more in-depth education than dame schools but were normally limited to males
What are grammar schools?
He was one of the greatest preachers of all time who also did missions work with Native Americans
Who is Johnathan Edwards?
Agriculture, livestock, and fur-trapping were the main economic activities of these colonies
What are the middle colonies?
Colonial governments made most of their income off of this type of payment
What is property taxes?
The members of the upper class in these two colony regions included those who owned this
What are large pieces of land?
These were three of the earliest colleges in America
What are Harvard, William & Mary, and Yale
Name the two main anabaptist groups
What are the Amish and the Mennonites?
Fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding were the main economic activites of these colonies
What are the New England Colonies?
Legislatures had this specific power over the governor, which put them in an advantageous position when dealing with him
What is the power of the purse?
These individuals gained passage to America in exchange for four to seven years of labor when they arrived in the colonies
What are indentured servants?
In the Middle and Southern colonies, schooling was often not as much of a priority as in the New England colonies because long growing seasons required children to do this
What is help on the farms?
These were the two main results of the Great Awakening
What are rapid church growth and the laying of the foundation for the American Revolution?