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13 Cards in this Set
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What is an apprentice |
A young person who learns a skill from a more experienced person |
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What are the disadvantages of being an apprentice |
Long work hours often more than 12 hours a day very little free time really got a day off |
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What was the main reason that some children became apprentices and others worked on family farms |
Children who became apprentices usually live in cities and towns children who worked on farms grew up there and help their family with the farm work |
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What is an artisan |
A skilled worker who makes things by hand |
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What jobs were available to him in English colonist |
Whoops maker blacksmith carpenter surgeon Shoemaker fishermen copper printer survey or Miller |
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What was the new England economy based upon mom upon |
Products from the forest and the sea |
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How did colonists in the new England colonies use trees |
Timber from trees was exported to England trees are also used to put houses ships and barrels |
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What was the economy of the middle colonies based upon |
Farm products and valuable minerals such as iron |
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Why were the middle colonies known as the breadbasket of the colonies |
Farmers grew a lot of wheat |
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What was the economy of the southern colonies based upon |
Farming |
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What cash crops were raised in the southern colonies |
Tobacco rice and indigo |
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What are triangular trade routes |
Trade routes that were shape like giant triangles |
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Explain the trade route known as the middle passage |
Part of the triangular trade route connecting west Africa and the west Indies |
