Colonies Review-CES

Who were the most powerful people in american colonies?

• indentured servants

• large landowners

• american indians

• artisans

• self-sufficent

• self controlled

• family travel to purchase goods

• rely on food from plantations

What was one impact on American Indians when colonists began settling in North America?

• many died of diseases

• many grew cash crops

• become large landowners

• became indentured servants

• artisan

• farmer

• landowner

• woman

Which answer choice BEST describes the type of education most children experienced in the southern colonies?

• they went to school everyday

• they went to england for school

• started businesses

• worked on farms and sometimes went to school

which of the following is the most common job in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?

• artisan

• hunter

• teacher

• whaler

During the colonial period, why did more enslaved people and indentured servants live in the southern colonies than the other regions?

• need more people to help fur trade

• need more workers for ship building

• need more people to farm tobacco

• need more people to farm wheat

• arctic colonies

• southern colonies

• mid-atlantic colonies

• new england colonies

why were large farms and plantations more common in the southern colonies than in the new england colonies?

• southern soil better for growing crops such as cotton

• New England had rainy weather

• rocky soil and cold weather helped the south

• New england were far from the coast

what natural resource allowed people in New England and Mid-Atlantic cp;pmoes to build large ships?

• trees found in the region

• gold by explorer

• cash crops grow in plantations

• population of buffalo herds