L4: Life in the Colonies

Question 1

Economy in the English colonies were mainly based on:

Answer 1

Trade and agriculture

Question 2

What percent of the population lived in farms in the English colonies?

Answer 2

9 out of 10 people

90% of the population

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE?

People living on small family farms strove to be self-sufficient by raising or making nearly everything they needed.

Answer 3

TRUE

Nothing to wear, eat, or drink was purchased, as my farm provided all.”

Question 4

In the 1750s, ____ of the population lived in colonial cities

Answer 4

1 out of every 20

5% of the population

Question 5

Compared to the ____ farm life, cities were ____ places

Answer 5

peaceful // exciting, busy

Question 6

With torches and candles lighting homes, ____ was a constant danger

Answer 6

Fire

Question 7

The Magna Carta is also known as:

Answer 7

The Great Charter

Question 8

The Magna Carta established the right that:

Answer 8

No one was above the law; the power of the monarch was limited

Question 9

The Parliament became a lawmaking body that had the power to:

Answer 9

Approve laws and taxes proposed by the king or queen.

Question 10

James, the Duke of York, would become

Answer 10

King James II

Question 11

Blue laws in colonial America were:

Answer 11

Rules for Sunday written by the Puritans

“Sabbath laws”

Question 12

What were three major reasons that strengthened the rights of English citizens in colonial America?

Answer 12

1. The Magna Carta (1215)
2. The Parliament (1265)
3. The English Bill of Rights (1689)

Question 13

Slavery in the colonies began in which English colony?

Answer 13

Virginia

Question 14

In the ____ colonies, slavery expanded rapidly

Answer 14

Southern

Question 15

Why did slavery expand throughout the colonies?

Answer 15

Slaves were required in plantation farms, mainly tobacco, indigo, rice, and other such cash crops.

Question 16

Beginning in the 1730s, a religious movement known as ____ swept through the colonies.

Answer 16

The Great Awakening

Question 17

Why did the Great Awakening take place during the 1730s in colonial America?

Answer 17

The movement was driven by a feeling that people had lost their religious faith.

Question 18

TRUE or FALSE?

The Great Awakening supported the ideals that helped lead to the American Revolution.

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

TRUE or FALSE?

Houses could be searched to make sure that all people were attending church.

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

TRUE or FALSE?

Everyone was considered of equal status in church because everyone is equal under the eyes of God

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

Except in ____, most children in the colonies received little or no formal education.

Answer 21

New England

Question 21

To encourage education, ____ passed a law in 1647 that required every town with 50 families or more to hire an instructor to teach their children

Answer 21

Massachusetts

Question 22

The Puritans’ support for education was inspired by their ____.

Answer 22

Religious faith

Question 23

In the Middle Colonies, ____ among religious groups slowed the growth of public education.

Answer 23

Religious differences

Question 24

In Massachusetts, towns with ____ families or more were required to hire an instructor to educate their children; towns with more than ____ families were required to build a school.

Answer 24

50 // 100