Chapter 7: A Picture Of Colonial Life

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a time when all the neighbors got together to help a new settler build his hous

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house-raising

Front 2

rough, gray material made by early colonists

Back 2

homespun

Front 3

men who were paid by the town to wander about the streets and call out the latest news

Back 3

town criers

Front 4

men who traveled on horseback throughout the South, preaching the Bible

Back 4

circuit-riding preachers

Front 5

a school taught in a colonial home; where many colonial children started their education

Back 5

dame school

Front 6

one sheet containing the alphabet and the Lord's prayer attached to a wood paddle and protected by a thin sheet of cow's horn

Back 6

hornbook

Front 7

small schools started by parents in the Southern Colonies

Back 7

old-field schools

Front 8

American schoolbook which was used by millions of children for over 150 years

Back 8

New England Primer

Front 9

first college in America

Back 9

Harvard

Front 10

German Mennonite schoolteacher who greatly influenced education in America

Back 10

Christopher Dock

Front 11

when was Harvard, America's first college started

Back 11

1636

Front 12

When did New England pas a law ordering cities to build schools for children

Back 12

1647

Front 13

True or False

Colonists had to build their own furniture

Back 13

True

Front 14

What could be found in the homes of the early colonists?

Back 14

2 large beds

a table with a bench

maybe a few pieces of furniture

Dishes made from wood

candles for light

a fire place for heat and cooking

Front 15

What did the women do while the men were farming and hunting?

Back 15

making clothes and cooking

Front 16

How did the women make yarn for sewing?

Back 16

They used a spinning wheel to spin sheep's wool into yarn.

Front 17

Where did rich colonist buy their clothes?

Back 17

from Europe

Front 18

How did the colonists get their news?

Back 18

1. sitting around the fireplace talking

2. newspapers

3. town criers

4. church on Sundays

Front 19

What was the most important book for most colonists?

Back 19

the Bible

Front 20

What were the two important uses of church buildings in the early settlements?

Back 20

worship

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discussing matters of government

Front 21

Who did people in New England pay taxes to

Back 21

The Congregational Church

Front 22

True or False

Only church members paid taxes to the church

Back 22

False

Front 23

What did the Middle Colonies become known as?

Back 23

a land of religious freedom

Front 24

What other groups besides Quakers came to the Middle Colonies for religious freedom?

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1. Mennonites

2. Presbyterians

3. Baptists

4. Anglicans

5. Dutch Reformed

Front 25

True or False

The Southern colonies had fewer churches because the Southern colonists planted large farms that separated Southern families from each other

Back 25

True

Front 26

How did churches keep people awake during long services?

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a man would walk through the church and poke people with a pole if their eyes were closed

Front 27

What was in the New England Primer

Back 27

1. words

2. prayers

3. poems about Bible stories

4. short stories about doing right

Front 28

What books did children read when they finished the New England Primer?

Back 28

the Bible

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Pilgrim's Progress

Front 29

True or False

After game school girls would go on to get more eduation

Back 29

False

Front 30

What did girls do after they finished dame school?

Back 30

stay home and learn to bake, cook, sew, make yarn, make clothe, make candles and be care for their families

Front 31

Who built the first public schools in America?

Back 31

Puritans in New England

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Why was Harvard started?

Back 32

to train ministers to preach the gospel

Front 33

True or False

The Middle Colonies had fewer schools because farms were larger and people lived farther apart

Back 33

True

Front 34

How far did children have to walk to get to school?

Back 34

2-4 miles one way

Front 35

How did they get taught if there were no schools close to home?

Back 35

Their parents taught them or they were not taught at all

Front 36

What did students write on?

Back 36

birch bark from trees

Front 37

What was used for pencils?

Back 37

lead or coal

Front 38

How were students in the south educated?

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1. rich farmers hired tutors

2. parents in some started a school and hired a teacher

Front 39

How did George Washington get to school?

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1. one year he rode on horseback

2. another year he rowed a boat across a river every day

Front 40

For how long did American school children use the New England Primer?

Back 40

over 150 years

Front 41

What was America's main industry for the first part of its history?

Back 41

Farming

Front 42

What was a popular breakfast food for early colonists?

Back 42

popcorn with sugar and milk

Front 43

What farmers were the most prosperous of all?

Back 43

Southern farmers

Front 44

Some colonists left farming and began to do what?

Back 44

manufacture goods

Front 45

What goods were mostly manufactured?

Back 45

cloth

pots and pans

molasses

Front 46

What industry became a major industry in New England?

Back 46

fishing

Front 47

What products from America were popular in Europe?

Back 47

indigo

lumber

iron

tobacco

furs

American furniture

tea services

dinnerware

Front 48

Who created the rocking chair

Back 48

Benjamin Franklin

Front 49

Who was one of the best silversmiths in America

Back 49

Paul Revere

Front 50

Who was the first teacher to use a chalkboard?

Back 50

Christopher Dock

Front 51

What section of the country had more schools than any other and passed laws requiring towns to build schools?

Back 51

New England

Front 52

What two crops earned money for Southern farmers?

Back 52

cotton

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tobacco