Download Presentation

The Colonial Period 1607-1776
Overview Questions and Answers
1. Up until 1680 most of the settlers who came
to the new world were from what country?
____England____
2. List 3 reasons that many people left
continental Europe and came to the New
World.
Escape the path of war (over religion), avoid
poverty, and absentee landlordism
3.
4.
5.
What was the population of the New
World by 1690?
¼ of a million__
What was the population by 1775?
_2.5 million______
Why was it difficult to farm in New
England?
Thin, stony soil, relatively little level
land, and long winters
6.
List 4 other ways that the people of
New England made money.
Grain mills and sawmills,
shipbuilding, trade, and the cod
industry
7.
Where did the people of New
England live and why did they
live there?
In villages and towns around
the harbors because may New
Englanders carried on some
kind of trade or business
8.
What was being built in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony?
vessels (ships)
Why was this important?
This laid the foundation for a
trade that was to grow
rapidly
9.
What was the triangular trade?
merchants and shippers
would purchase slaves off
of the coast of Africa for New
England rum, then sell slaves
in the West Indies where they
would buy molasses to bring
home for sale to the local
rum producers.
Why was it considered
“unsavory”?
it was considered unsavory
because it was morally
wrong to purchase/own
another person
10.
The people in the Middle
Colonies were more _________
than in New England.
tolerant
11.
Who guided Pennsylvania and
was the reason it ran smoothly
and grew rapidly?
William Penn
12.
What was Philadelphia?
it was the heart of
Pennsylvania
13.
What made it one of the most
thriving cities in the colonies?
Their talent for successful
business enterprise
14. Who
were the best farmers?
Germans
15. What
cottage industries were
important in the Middle
Colonies?
weaving, shoemaking,
cabinetmaking and other
crafts
16.
Who moved into the Middle
Colonies in the early 18th
century?
Scots-Irish
Describe the Scots-Irish. Tell
about them, where they settled
and how they survived
they settled in the back country
of Pennsylvania and survived by
hunting and subsistence farming
17.
18.
What colony was a great example
of the many different nationalities
that moved to the New World?
New York
List the other nationalities that
settled along the Hudson River.
Dutch, French, Danes,
Norwegians, Swedes, English,
Scots, Irish, Germans, Poles,
Bohemians, Portuguese, and Italians
19.
What city in New York became
busy with all kinds of people and
businesses?
Manhattan
20.
How did the Southern Colonies
make their money?
lumber, tar, resin (from the long
leaf pine tree), rice, indigo,
maize, and wheat
21.
Describe the farmers of the
Tidewater region.
they were supported by slave
labor, held most of the political
power and the best land, built
great houses, adopted an
aristocratic (power in the hands
of a few) way of life
22.
__________________________
became the leading port and
trading center in the South.
Charleston, South Carolina
23.
What did the settlers there learn
to do?
to combine agriculture and
commerce
24.
Which colony only grew one
crop?
Virginia
25.
What did North and South
Carolina grow and export?
rice, indigo, and forests/trees
26.
Who moved inland and give the
reasons why?
Germans and Scots-Irish moved
inland because they were
unwilling to live in the original
tidewater settlements, they
could not secure fertile land
along the coast, or they had
exhausted the land they held
Describe the frontier family. Telling
where they lived and about their
lives.
they built cabins, cleared tracts in the
wilderness, cultivated maize and
wheat, the men wore leather known as
buckskin, the women wore clothes
made of cloth they spun at home, they
ate venison (deer), wild turkey, and fish,
they had great barbeques, dances,
housewarmings for newly married
couples, shooting matches, and
contests for making quilt blankets
27.
13 Colonies Vocab

1. Persecuted - hostility and illtreatment, especially because of
race or political or religious beliefs.
13 Colonies Vocab Continued

7. Commodity – anything bought or sold
8. Substantial – large in amount, size or number
9. Creed – a statement of the basic belief of a religion
10. Indigent – suffering from extreme poverty
11. Subsistence – minimum food or shelter needed to support life
13 Colonies Vocab
Continued

12. Predominantly – a position of power, authority or influence
over others
13. Revenue – an amount of money regularly coming in
14. Oligarchy – a form of government where all power is held by
a few prominent people
15. Interior – situated well inland from the coast or border
16. Tracts – an expanse or area of land, water, etc.