American colonies

Indentured servants where:

• people who owned land

• people who owned other people

• people who worked for landowners to pay off a debt

• forced to work for landowners.

what were New England colonies known for?

• being the bread basket colony

• cash crops

• shipbuilding

• long growing seasons

How was colonial life different than today?

• colonist sent children to college

• made their own clothing

• went on many trips

• had lots of money

Puritans were:

• a religious group with strict laws and rules

• a religious group that believed in religious tolerance

• didn't want their children to read the bible

• group of people that made things out of iron

The wealthiest people in the colonies were:

• slaves

• indentured servants

• land owners

• artisans

the southern colonies were known for which crops

• beans, corn, squash and pumpkins

• tobacco, indigo, cotton

• wheat, rye, barley

• pumpkin, rice, berries

which colony is known as the breadbasket colony?

• southern colony

• mid-atlantic

• new england

• none

what rights did women not have in the 1700's?

• they could vote

• they could have slaves

• they worked

• they had children

what was an artisan?

• blacksmith

• farmer

• indentured servant

• landowner

who had the most power during colonial times?

• land owners

• servants

• slaves

• women