2. The Colonial Period
Overview Questions and Answers
Up until 1680 most of the settlers who came to the new world were from what country?
____England____
List 3 reasons that many people left continental Europe and came to the New World.
Escape the path of war (over religion), avoid poverty, and absentee landlordism

3. What was the population of the New World by 1690?
¼ of a million__
What was the population by 1775?
_2.5 million______
Why was it difficult to farm in New England?
Thin, stony soil, relatively little level
land, and long winters

4. List 4 other ways that the people of New England made money.
Grain mills and sawmills,
shipbuilding, trade, and the cod
industry

5. Where did the people of New England live and why did they live there?
In villages and towns around the harbors because may New Englanders carried on some kind of trade or business

6. What was being built in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
vessels (ships)
Why was this important?
This laid the foundation for a trade that was to grow
rapidly

7. What was the triangular trade?
merchants and shippers would purchase slaves off of the coast of Africa for New England rum, then sell slaves in the West Indies where they would buy molasses to bring home for sale to the local rum producers.

8. Why was it considered “unsavory”
Why was it considered “unsavory”? it was considered unsavory because it was morally wrong to purchase/own another person

9. The people in the Middle Colonies were more _________ than in New England.
tolerant
Who guided Pennsylvania and was the reason it ran smoothly and grew rapidly?
William Penn

10. What was Philadelphia?
it was the heart of
Pennsylvania
What made it one of the most thriving cities in the colonies?
Their talent for successful
business enterprise

11. Who were the best farmers?
Germans
What cottage industries were important in the Middle Colonies?
weaving, shoemaking,
cabinetmaking and other
crafts

12. Who moved into the Middle Colonies in the early 18th century?
Scots-Irish
Describe the Scots-Irish. Tell about them, where they settled and how they survived
they settled in the back country of Pennsylvania and survived by hunting and subsistence farming

13. What colony was a great example of the many different nationalities that moved to the New World?
New York
List the other nationalities that settled along the Hudson River.
Dutch, French, Danes,
Norwegians, Swedes, English,
Scots, Irish, Germans, Poles,
Bohemians, Portuguese, and Italians

14. What city in New York became busy with all kinds of people and businesses?
Manhattan
How did the Southern Colonies make their money?
lumber, tar, resin (from the long leaf pine tree), rice, indigo, maize, and wheat

15. Describe the farmers of the Tidewater region.
they were supported by slave labor, held most of the political power and the best land, built great houses, adopted an aristocratic (power in the hands of a few) way of life

16. __________________________
became the leading port and trading center in the South.
Charleston, South Carolina
What did the settlers there learn to do?
to combine agriculture and commerce

17. Which colony only grew one crop?
Virginia
What did North and South Carolina grow and export?
rice, indigo, and forests/trees

18. Who moved inland and give the reasons why?
Germans and Scots-Irish moved inland because they were
unwilling to live in the original
tidewater settlements, they
could not secure fertile land
along the coast, or they had
exhausted the land they held

19. Describe the frontier family
Describe the frontier family. Telling where they lived and about their lives.
they built cabins, cleared tracts in the wilderness, cultivated maize and wheat, the men wore leather known as buckskin, the women wore clothes made of cloth they spun at home, they ate venison (deer), wild turkey, and fish, they had great barbeques, dances, housewarmings for newly married couples, shooting matches, and contests for making quilt blankets

20. 13 Colonies Vocab
Persecuted - hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.

21. 13 Colonies Vocab Continued
Commodity – anything bought or sold
Substantial – large in amount, size or number
Creed – a statement of the basic belief of a religion
Indigent – suffering from extreme poverty
Subsistence – minimum food or shelter needed to support life

22. 13 Colonies Vocab Continued
Predominantly – a position of power, authority or influence over others
Revenue – an amount of money regularly coming in
Oligarchy – a form of government where all power is held by a few prominent people
Interior – situated well inland from the coast or border
Tracts – an expanse or area of land, water, etc.