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29 Cards in this Set
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Why was the Middle Colonies called the "Breadbasket Colonies"?
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Because they grew so much wheat
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Why was being an apprentice a disadvantage?
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They were expected to work long hours
Hardly had any free time or days off |
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Shoemaker
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Made shoes from leather and wood
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Blacksmith
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Made and repaired iron goods, such as horseshoes, axes, gun parts, and nails
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Fisherman
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Caught cod and other fish in the Atlantic Ocean
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Cooper
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Made barrels from wood and iron
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Printer
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Printed posters, newspapers, and books
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Surveyor
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Made maps and marked boundary lines
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Miller
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Ran mills where colonists could grind corn and wheat into flour and cornmeal
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Merchant
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Traded goods with England and other countries
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Dressmaker
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Made clothes from woven material
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What were common foods in the colonies?
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Wheat
Rice Flour Fish |
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What things did Benjamin Franklin start?
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In Philadelphia
First Newspaper Public Library Hospital Fire Department |
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What foods were grown on plantations?
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Rice
Indigo Tobacco |
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Characteristics of a Colonial Town
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Raised their own animals/crop
Self-sufficient (relied on self for needs Town centered around town common for meetings/church Busy market place |
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What was one of the most popular books of the colonies?
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Benjamin Franklin's
Poor Richard's Almanack |
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Why did the colonist leave Europe?
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Free public schools did not exist in Europe
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What were the schools like?
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One Room
Students of different ages sat together Basics: Reading, Writing, Arithmatic |
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What was the job of a slave in the south?
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Showed landowners how to grow crops
Worked in the fields Tailors Blacksmiths Carpenters |
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Describe the "Triangula Trade Route".
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Route from North America
to England & Europe to Africa Back to North America |
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What was the most important building in the New England Colony/
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The Meeting House
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How did Africans keep their culture alive?
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Made instruments that they used in Africa such as drums and banjos
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Tell how Olaudah Equiano felt about slavery and why,
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He felt slavery was cruel and unfair
It violated the first natural right of mankind - equality & independency |
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How did Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin help each other?
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Philadelphia gave Benjamin Franklin his first start as a successful writer, painter and inventor
Benjamin Franklin helped Philadelphia become the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence |
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How were trees used in the New England Colonies?
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Made into lumber at mills
Lumber was put together to make: homes, buildings & furniture |
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Why did some children become apprentices and some become farm workers?
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The children who grew up around the city became apprentices
The boys who grew up around the farm became farm workers, The girls helped their mothers by making soap,candles, & clothes |
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What were the towns like in the New England Colonies?
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Self-sufficient
Raised their own crop/animals Had blacksmiths, coopers, and shoemakers |
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What was daily life like for colonial children?
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Went to school
After school they did chores around the house & farm Played games like hide&seek, played sports,went swimming, and flew kites |
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Why were laws passed to deny slaves many rights?
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To make it harder for slaves to leave the plantations so that they had to stay there and work
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