Unit 4
Life in the Colonies
Lessons 1-7
Vocabulary
1. a person who agreed to work for an amount
of time in exchange for the cost of housing,
food, and the voyage to North America
A. plantation
2. A large farm with many workers who lived on
the land they worked
C. proprietor
3. an owner
D. indentured
servant
4. a crop that is grown to be sold for profit
E. self-sufficient
5. having the ability to produce most everything
that one needs
F. grant
6. unjust treatment
7. to give something formally to someone
B. cash crop
G. persecution
8.
A person from England who wanted to improve
the Church of England
9.
A person who travels to a place for religious
reasons
A. Separatists
B. pilgrim
10. A person who gives speeches about religious
subjects
11. To be not accepting of ideas or behaviors
different from one’s own
12. A person whose views are different from those
of his or her leaders
13. A skilled worker who makes things by hand
14. A group of people from England who wanted to
separate themselves from Church of England
C. Puritan
D. dissenter
E. intolerant
F. preacher
G. artisan
15. A system in which prices are not controlled by
the government
16. An open space in the center of a town where
cattle and sheep could graze
A. apprentice
B. town common
C. free-market
economy
17. A person who learns a skill or trade from an
experienced worker
D. auction
18. A person who supports something
E. proponent
19. A public sale in which something is sold to the
person who offers the most money
F. rebel
20. To resist or fight against authority
21. A person who is chosen to act for others
A. democracy
22. A member of a country
B. citizen
23. A government that is run by the people
C. representative
24. A gathering of people who live in a town to
discuss issues
D. assembly
E. town meeting
25. A gathering of elected representative for a
specific purpose
26. A place where a county government is located
F. county seat
When people in England first heard about
America’s many resources, they began
moving to the colonies. Which resource were
they NOT looking for?
A.
B.
C.
D.
make money from the fur trade
to raise taxes
to find gold and silver
to own their own land
Large plantations existed in the
Southern Colonies due to
cold climate and rocky soil
B. lack of workers
C. warm climate and rich soil
D. size of the land claims
A.
Who founded the colony of
Maryland?
A.
B.
C.
D.
William Bradford
James Oglethorpe
John Winthrop
Lord Baltimore
John Smith was a leader in
Massachusetts
B. Carolina
C. Virginia
D. Plymouth
A.
European countries and settlers had
many reasons for building colonies. What
was NOT a reason for building a colony?
A.
B.
C.
D.
settlers wanted to live in a royal colony
countries wanted to gain wealth through
land and natural resources
settlers hoped to grow rich by owning
their own land
settlers were escaping religious
persecution
During the First Great Awakening__,
there was an increased interest in
religion
.
John Winthrop led the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Puritans
Pilgrims
Separatists
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The official religion of the colony
of Virginia was
Puritanism
Quakerism
Catholicism
Anglicanism
George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards,
Gilbert Tennent, and Samuel Davies
were all
A.
B.
C.
D.
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preachers
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founders of colonies
economy
In a free-market ____________
the _____________
government does NOT
control _________.
prices
As ______________
grew in the
plantations
slavery
Southern Colonies, ________
increased.
Slaves rebelled against slavery with
all of the following except…
They ran away.
They worked slowly.
They bought their own freedom.
They voted for slavery to end.
Why did early American settlements
need governments?
to help solve problems and make
rules
B. to help improve relations with
England
C. to raise taxes
D. to advise the king
A.
What was the purpose of the Mayflower
Compact?
to ensure religious freedom
B. to establish a basis for a government
C. to establish
the House of
Pancakes
D. to elect
representatives
A.
How were the English setters self-sufficient in
their new land? Include geography and
climate in your answer.
A.
B.
C.
The Southern Colonies:
The ______
warm climate and ______
rich soil made the land well
plantations
suited for _____________.
tobacco ______,
rice
indigo
Cash crops included ________,
and ________.
The Middle Colonies:
They established farms and grew _______
wheat as a cash
crop. They were important in the shipping industry
harbors
because of their good _______.
The New England Colonies:
cold
rocky soil.
They had a ________
climate and ________
Shipbuilders used tall, white _______
pine trees for ship
masts. They fished for cod and ___________.
They
mackerel
farmed only enough for themselves.
How are they different?
Slave
 considered
property
 bought and sold
at auctions
 punished if
disobeyed
 were not paid
Indentured Servant
 worked for a set
period of time in
exchange for
housing, food,
and cost of
voyage
The Middle Colonies were more
accepting of other religions because the
people in these colonies came from
different ___________,
backgrounds ___________,
cultures
and ____________.
This made them
religions
more understanding.
How did the First Great Awakening
affect religious tolerance?
People joined new religious groups like
Methodists Some of these
Baptists or __________.
_________
African
religions reached out to __________
Americans.
Why were colonial governments
not true democracies?
Only white men who owned _________
property could
vote or be elected_____________.
representatives The British
government could pass _______
laws for the
colonies without asking the colonists’
________.
consent
THE BIG ESSAY!
Explain how a person, a place, or an event
shaped development in the colonies.