Life In The English Colonies
Working and trading, cities, towns, and farms, everyday life in the colonies, and slavery in the colonies
- 1.What was a disadvantage of being an apprentice?
- A.
They rarely got a day off.
- B.
They had fun all the time.
- 2.Why were the Middle Colonies known as the "bread basket of the colonies"?
- A.
They ordered bread from another country.
- B.
They milked flour and shipped it to other colonies.
- 3.Was started by Benjamin Franklin in the city of Philadelphia
- 4.Name some of the jobs that were available to English-colonists.
- 5.Describe a triangular trade route. Draw one.
- 6.Name some of the cash crops for the Southern Colonies.
- A.
Rice
- B.
Tobacco
- C.
Indigo
- D.
All of the above
- 7.What was the most important building in a colonial New England town?
- A.
Meeting house
- B.
Library
- C.
Grocery store
- 8.What was grown of a southern plantation?
- A.
Rice
- B.
Tobacco
- C.
Indigo
- 9.A colonial town is a self-sufficient.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.One of the most popular books in the 13 colonies was
- 11.What was the school like in the colonies?
- 12.What were common foods of the colonies?
- A.
Fish, and collards
- B.
Chicken and biscuits
- C.
Fish stew and vegetables
- 13.Many of the colonists want to leave Europe because
- A.
They wanted to go swimming
- B.
They liked the religious acts
- C.
They wanted to escape religious persecution/punishment
- 14.What did slaves contribute to society during colonial times?
- A.
They only worked in the cities
- B.
They didn't have many skills at all
- C.
They had many skills and worked on plantations and in the city
- 15.The slaves resisted slavery by escaping.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.What items allowed the Africans to keep their culture alive?
- A.
By working on plantations
- B.
Drums, banjos, and supporting each other
- C.
Escaping to the city
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