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Colonies / Colonists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frontier | Land to the west |
| Benjamin Franklin | Scientist, inventor, author, US Representative, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and more. |
| Apprentice | Person who works for a skilled laborer to learn a trade or art. |
| Indentured servants | Pay for their voyage, work to pay off their debt, (usually about 7 years) then free. |
| Slave trade | Buying and selling of people for profit. |
| Artisan | Does their work by hand - skilled trade (blacksmith, baker, carpenter, etc.) |
| Boston | Had the first regular newspaper. |
| Voyage | Taking a ship on a journey - often across an ocean. voyage |
| Why colonists came | Cheap land, religious freedom, make money, |
| Captives | Taken from homes in Africa against their will. |
| Backcountry | Land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean (near Virginia) - also called foothills |
| Renaissance man | A person with many talents and areas of knowledge |
| Why did so many Europeans make the voyage to North America? | Colonies offered a better way of life - cheap land, greater opportunities to earn a living, and religious freedom |
| In the 1700s, what European ethnic groups came to North America? | English, Scottish, Welsh, German (England, Scotland, Wales, Germany) |
| How did the slave trade effect Western Africa? | It destroyed families, villages, and whole towns |
| What was traded for human beings in Africa? | Goods - mainly rum, cloth, guns - anything to make a profit |
| How was the voyage for indentured servants similar to African captives? | It was a difficult, long trip, with bad food, and cramped conditions |
| How was the voyage of indentured servants different to African captives? | Captives were chained together laying down, could not move, had to ‘do their business’ right there, disease was rampant, many died |
| How did the lighting rod improve people’s lives? | It saved homes and barns from burning - it attracted the lighting to the rod (not the building) and directed the electricity into the ground |
| Why did many different religious groups settle in Philadelphia? | It was a more tolerant city - accepting of different groups of people |
| What was the main way people earned a living in the colonies? | Farming |
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