Lesson 4-2: Review Daily Life in the Colonies

Lesson 4-2 Review: Daily Life in the Colonies

Resources of the Early Colonies

• The environment affected the food colonists ate, the clothing they made, and homes they built

• Most colonists lived and worked on farms.

• Some colonists living along the New England coast made their living whale hunting and ship building.

• Many colonists in the Middle Colonies worked as merchants, traders, sailors, or dockworkers.

• Colonists had to work long, hard days to make and provide all of the things that they needed to live.

Products of the 13 Colonies

Identify the industry that was found in every region.

Multiple Choice

Some colonists living along the New England coast made a living by . . .

• whale hunting

• trading goods

• tobacco farming

• banking

Multiple Choice

Many colonists in the Middle Colonies worked as . . . .

• merchants

• dockworkers

• sailors

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Which region's colonies depended most on fishing?

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

In which region was cattle farming most common?

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Trade Routes and the Location of the Colonies

• The colonists traded goods with other colonists and other countries, selling exports and buying imports.

• To control trade and protect its industries, England passed laws limiting trade between its colonists and other countries. This practice is known as protectionism.

• Colonists had to rely on England for many necessities. This made many colonists angry.

Multiple Choice

Passing laws to limit trade between colonies and other countries.

• barter

• mercantilism

• protectionism

• royal charter

Multiple Choice

A product sold to another country.

• barter

• export

• import

• raw material

Multiple Choice

A product bought from another country.

• barter

• export

• import

• raw materials

Triangular Trade

• Sugar, molasses, enslaved Africans to the English colonies from the West Indies.

• Tools, tea, manufactured goods to the English colonies from England.

• Grain, meat, fish - from the colonies to the West Indies.

• Rum, iron products - from colonies to Africa

• Timber, grain, tobacco, rice from the colonies to England.

Multiple Choice

Sugar, molasses, enslaved Africans

• From England

• From the English colonies

• from Africa

• from the West Indies

Multiple Choice

Tools, tea, manufactured goods

• from England

• from the English colonies

• from Africa

• from the West Indies

Multiple Choice

Timber, grain, tobacco

• from England

• from the English colonies

• from Africa

• from the West Indies

Classes of Society

• Europeans in colonial society belonged to certain classes based on their wealth or importance.

• Gentry Class: large landowners; wealthy merchants; bankers; church leaders

• Middle Class: blacksmiths; shopkeepers; printers; small store merchants; lawyers; doctors

• Lower Class: servants; small farmers; fishermen; indentured servants; apprentices

• Enslaved people were considered lower than any of these three classes

Multiple Choice

blacksmiths, shopkeepers, lawyers, doctors

• gentry class

• middle class

• lower class

• servant class

Multiple Choice

small farmers, fishermen, servants, apprentices

• gentry class

• middle class

• lower class

• servant class

Multiple Choice

landowners, bankers, church leaders

• gentry class

• middle class

• lower class

• servant class

Daily Life

• Working to survive was a big part of daily life. Every member of the family had tasks to do.

• Men worked on the farm

• Women spun yarn, made clothes, prepared food, made soap & candles, and cared for children in the family.

• Children did household chores. Many trained for a trade at 12. Some went to school.

Multiple Choice

Children in the colonies had no chores and were allowed to play all day.

• True

• False

The Great Awakening

• Began in the 1730's - mainly in New England

• Changed the way some people felt about religion

• Preachers traveled from town to town warning people against ignoring religion and its teachings

• The movement weakened the power of church leaders

• Strengthened colonists' relationship with God

Multiple Choice

The Great Awakening strengthened the power of church leaders.

• True

• False