Chapter 4 Life in the Colonies, TCI

Which of the following was NOT part of Colonial city life?

• Strong odors

• Garbage Collection

• threat of fires

• Animals running loose in the streets

What was an important aspect of Colonial life?

• Factories

• Railroads

• Religion

• Horse Racing

What was the colonists belief about education?

• Home schooling was not allowed

• Schools were required in every colony

• Slaves would work harder if you let them read

• Boys needed more education than girls did

Activities enjoyed while one is not working is called

• Leisure

• Dueling

• Culture

• Gaming

About how many colonists lived in cities during Colonial times?

• 1 in 5

• 2 in 10

• 3 in 4

• 1 in 20

Ben Franklin

• was the 5th President of the U.S.

• wrote Poor Richard's Almanac

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Invented the telephone

Why did men have a harder time finding a wife in the colonies?

• There were no females in most of the colonies

• Men lived longer than women

• Women wanted to stay single and live at home

• There were more men than women in the colonies

What was the system used in the colonies for laws and punishment?

• There was so much crime they stopped arresting people

• The King set up laws and punishment for the colonies

• All colonies were forced to have the same laws and punishment

• Each colony's assembly made its own laws and punishment

Which of the following contributed to the Salem Witch trials? Select all that apply.

• More and more women were actually practicing witchcraft

• Puritans believed Satan was lurking behind every corner to steal their souls

• Young girls started acting strangely in church

• Puritans did not have a good understanding of science and the nature of things around them so they blamed things they couldn't explain on witchcraft

An English tradition adopted in the 13 colonies

• political parties

• Parliament

• Monarchy(king and queen)

• Self-government