13 Colonies

Why was the New England Colonies founded?

• to make money

• Religious Freedom

• Farming

Why were the Southern Colonies founded?

• to make money

• ship building

Why were the Southern Colonies able to make a lot of money from farming?

• They worked really hard

• The American Indians helped them.

• They had slaves and indentured servants to do all the work.

Why did the Southern Colonies have more slaves than other colonies?

• The Southern Colonies were closer to the slave ports along the coast.

• The Southern Colonies grew large fields of crops, so they needed lots of workers.

• Southern Colonies had many factories

Which area was known as the "breadbasket" because of how much wheat and other grains were grown there?

• The New England Colonies

• The Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• The Eastern Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

How were the farms in the New England Colonies different from farms in the Southern Colonies?

• The New England farms were small and had few, if any slaves.

• The New England farms were large plantations owned by free men.

• The New England farms were owned by free slaves.

• The New England farms were large and were worked on only by slaves

Which job below was probably NOT done by a woman in colonial America?

• Sewing to make her own dresses.

• Using animal fat to make her own soap and candles.

• Making tools for hunting.

• Drying fruits and vegetables to save for winter.

What did an artisan do?

• A blacksmith who made farming and cooking tools.

• Chopped down trees

• Picked Crops

• Planted seeds

Indentured servants in colonial America were

• slaves who trained to make farming tools.

• men who traveled from England to work on farms for a few years to pay for their passage

• Young men who trained with silversmiths.

• Young women who traveled from England to teach people to sew.

Who was taught to read and write at home and to ride a horse and hunt?

• The life of an indentured servant

• The life of an artisan

• The life of a girl in the Southern Colony

• The life of a boy in the Southern Colony