Northern Colonies

Question 1

Name the four Northern Colonies.

Answer 1

Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island

Question 2

Name the four Middle Colonies.

Answer 2

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, & Delaware

Question 3

Name the four Southern Colonies.

Answer 3

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia

Question 4

What is another name for the Northern Colonies?

Answer 4

New England.

Question 5

Why was farming difficult in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 5

Because of all of the trees and the poor soil. Almost all the land was covered in trees.

Question 6

What kind of business did the settlers develop in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 6

They developed a lumber business for ship building.

Question 7

List four things the Northern Colonies exported to England.

Answer 7

Slaves, fish, sugar & molasses.

Question 8

What did women do in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 8

They cooked, cleaned, raised vegetables, made clothing, candles and soap. They also raised and educated their children.

Question 9

What did men do in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 9

They hunted, farmed and were craftsmen. They also built ships and traded.

Question 10

What did parents teach their children in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 10

The skills they would need in life.

Question 11

What do you call a person who was taught a craft, such as how to be a blacksmith, by a master craftsman?

Answer 11

An apprentice.

Question 12

Was there much free time for fun in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 12

No! They were too busy working.

Question 13

What did many of the Puritans in the Northern Colonies think about fun?

Answer 13

They thought it was evil!

Question 14

Did parents in the Northern Colonies value education?

Answer 14

Yes! Education was very important. Every child was taught at home or in a school of some kind.

Question 15

What college was founded in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 15

Harvard College.

Question 16

When was Harvard College founded?

Answer 16

1636.

Question 17

Did most families in the Northern Colonies have books?

Answer 17

No.

Question 18

What is a hornbook?

Answer 18

A mounted sheet containing the letters of the alphabet which was protected by a thin sheet of transparent horn.

Question 19

What did people use to write in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 19

Quills.

Question 20

What is a quill?

Answer 20

A pen made from the feather of a large bird that was dipped in ink.

Question 21

How did the northern colonists turn the tree covered land into an asset?

Answer 21

They created a thriving lumber industry with all the trees.

Question 22

Where did the Northern Colonists set up shipping ports?

Answer 22

Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Question 23

What helped the northern colonies to prosper?

Answer 23

Trading and shipbuilding.

Question 24

What did the colonists do the the fish they caught so that they would be preserved and could be shipped to England?

Answer 24

They would smoke or dry them.

Question 25

What were the colonists homes usually made of?

Answer 25

Logs.

Question 26

How did the northern colonists heat their homes?

Answer 26

With a fireplace that was at one end o fthe house.

Question 27

What did they use to cook their food?

Answer 27

The same fireplace that would heat the house.

Question 28

Did they buy or make their furniture?

Answer 28

They made it using wooden pegs. It looked very rugged.

Question 29

How did the colonists light their homes?

Answer 29

They used tallow candles or burned pine knots.

Question 30

When a boy turned 13, what would he often do?

Answer 30

He often would become an apprentice to a master craftsman and learn that craftsman’s craft. He would live with the craftsman.

Question 31

True or false. Many of the colonists in New England were Puritans.

Answer 31

True.

Question 32

Did the Puritans have strong religious beliefs?

Answer 32

Yes. Families did not work on Sundays and they were often at church all day.

Question 33

Was there much time for entertainment in the Northern Colonies?

Answer 33

No. In fact, some Puritans considered fun to be evil, and punished children caught playing.

Question 34

What was the most important city in the New England colonies (the Northern Colonies).

Answer 34

Boston, Massachusetts.