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WorksheetsColonial Life
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of these statements are mostly true of all of the colonies?
There were machines to do most of the heavy farm work
All family members worked
Families and extended families lived together
They all had some form of representative government
Which statements are true?
Women did the cooking, cleaning, and gardening
Men farmed, built structures, and hunted
Children gathered wood and water
Girls learned household trades and boys learned outdoor trades
Who typically belonged to the upper class in the colonies?
lawyers
Government officials
farmers
How many acres of land did a colonial family need in order to farm successfully?
50
100
200
250
In what ways were colonial government officials chosen?
Governors were appointed or elected
White male landowners elected the leaders
Leaders were elected by all citizens
Which of the 13 colonies was started as a debtor's colony?
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
How many families were needed in a colony in order to get a public school?
25
50
100
125
Which of these thing were associated with wealthy colonists?
Plantations
Slaves
Fox hunts
College
How did colonists justify slavery?
They told themselves the slaves were better off because of slavery
They believed their farms could not survive without slavery
They were lazy and did not want to do the work themselves
They believed some people were just more important than others
Which is NOT typical of a plantation?
It had many buildings
Most colonists owned plantations
It was usually built on a river
It took many slaves to run it
What was the name of the mountain range that formed the western border of the early colonies?
The Appalachian Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
The Sierra Nevada Mountains
The Great Smokey Mountains
Which frontiersman opened the Cumberland Gap and created the Wilderness Road for travelers?
Davey Crockett
Daniel Boone
Lewis and Clark
Jim Bridger
Daniel Boone moved to which state after Kentucky became too crowded?
Illinois
Alabama
Mississippi
Missouri
Which of these is Ben Franklin NOT famous for?
Creating the first post office
Being an inventor
Being a diplomat
Being a president
Which of these goods was NOT part of the colonial triangular trade?
Fish
sugar and molasses
slaves
Spices
