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(5th)Social Studies
(5th) Social Studies-Ch.6 (Cities, Towns, & Farms) Life in English Colonies
Term | Definition |
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Philadelphia | Largest city in the 13 Colonies |
Benjamin Franklin | Established first public library, hospital, and fire department in the 13 colonies |
Elizabeth Lucas Pickney | First planter to raise a successful crop of indigo |
Puritans | Began building towns in Massachusetts in 1630 |
Town Common | Open space where cattle and sheep could graze |
Overseer | Plantation manager |
Meeting House | Most important building in colonial town |
Middle Colony Towns | Served as marketplaces where farmers could sell their crops and buy tools and clothes |
Southern Plantations | Large farm where cash crops such as tobacco and rice were grown |
General Store | Place to buy imported goods such as tea and sugar |
Farming Families | Families who had to make or grow most of what they needed |