Colonial America Flashcards
What jobs did they have during colonial times?
cooper, surveyor, miner, farmer, merchant, artisan, apothecary, blacksmith
What were the advantages and disadvantages of being an apprentice?
Advantages: Learning a skill, training with an expert, becoming an artisan
Disadvantages: rarely having time off, not paid much
What were the regions know for?
NEC: fish, towns and cities, ships, oil, timber
MC: breadbasket, grain, livestock, farms, wheat, iron, fur
SC: plantations, rice, tobacco, indigo, rural, slavery
What cash crops were there in the Southern Colonies?
Rice, tobacco, and indigo
What was the most important place in a NE town? Why?
Meeting house because that was were they worshiped and had meetings.
What characteristics did most colonial towns share?
Self-sufficient
What were the schools like in colonial times?
No desks, just benches, all ages together in 1 room, they learned reading, writing, and behavior
What books and newspapers were used during colonial times?
Boston Newsletter, horn books, and the Bible
What foods were common during colonial times?
Fish, vegetables, pudding, corn, pies, soup, meat, wheat, squash, rice, and beans
What was slave life like in the Northern colonies compared to the Southern colonies?
SC: worked on plantations, African slaves, mostly farming, taught colonists to grow rice
NC: could earn money with extra jobs at night, worked in towns or cities
What did children do on a daily basis?
Worked and helped their families, went to school, sometimes played, listened to their family tell/read stories
What were the houses like in different regions?
Plantations: self sufficient
Log Cabins: one room
Row Houses: multi-storied, made of brick
Which areas relied on timber?
New England Colonies
Which areas relied on fur?
New England Colonies
Which areas relied on fishing?
New England Colonies
Which areas relied on wheat?
Middle Colonies
Which areas relied on rice?
Southern Colonies
Which areas relied on tobacco?
Southern Colonies
How were doctors and surgery different during colonial times compared to modern times?
CT: held patients down, had little if any schooling
MT: use medicine to keep patients still, many years of school
A- How did people communicate with each other?
B- Why did people use paper but not envelopes when sending letters?
A- Writing letters
B- envelopes were difficult to make, expensive to make, paper was to important to waste
Why did people go into towns in NEC and MC?
To trade/buy/sell goods
Why was reading so important in the colonies?
So people could read the Bible, read aloud to their family, share stories.
How was life different living in each of these; small town, plantation, city and small farm?
P= self-sufficient,no need to leave, many African slaves, farming focused, large pieces of land, wealthy land owners ST= worked as an apprentice, self sufficient, own small plots of land, grew crops and raised livestock, went to town to trade C= made newspapers, lots of people, very religious SF= small family farm, went to town to trade and attended meetings
What was church like in the colonies?
Very important everyone attended, took most of the day, happened on Sundays
