Colonial Life Flashcards
What was the daily struggle for the frontier?
Daily fight to survive
Why were people more literate in the colonies?
Religious reasons, to read and write the bible
What did the great awakening spread?
Covenant theology
What religious gov did New England use?
Puritan theocracy
What religion gov was in the middle colonies?
Quakers
What religion were the rich southerns?
Anglicans (episcopalian)
What religion were the poor southerners?
Baptists
Who were the religious minorities?
Catholics and Jews
What did free blacks have before bacons rebellion?
Equal rights
Slaves were a product of what?
Triangle trade
What were boys educated for in New England?
Fathers job
What were girls educated for?
Being a wife and mother
What did the frontier do to colonists?
Made them tougher