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Life in the Colonies

Authored by BRANDON REYNOLDS

Social Studies

8th Grade

Life in the Colonies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group in colonial society held the most political and economic power?

Women

Enslaved people

Landowners

Children

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did colonists rely heavily on enslaved Africans, especially in the Southern colonies?

They were skilled in trades.

Their forced labor provided a large workforce for plantations.

They could vote and hold political office.

They often owned their own farms.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group originally lived on the land and often shared knowledge of farming and survival?

Tradespeople

Indigenous communities

Indentured servants

Landowners

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Indentured servants came to the colonies mainly to:

Escape slavery

Gain passage to America in exchange for labor

Become wealthy merchants

Vote in colonial assemblies

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following jobs would most likely belong to a tradesperson in the colonies?

Blacksmith

Plantation owner

Farmer's wife

Apprentice child

6.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Which colonial region's economy was mostly based on cash crops such as rice, tobacco, indigo, and cotton?

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

​ (a)   ​ ​ colonies were know for having plantations and slavery

Southern
New Engalnd
Middle
Western

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