stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Life in the New England Colonies Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Life in the New England Colonies
Life in the New England Colonies
10 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
6,293 plays
This is a short quiz over colonists that lived in New England.
Flashcards
10 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
10
Answers
1
To meet their economic needs, the Puritans would ...
teach each other how to read
pay one another with gold and silver coins
trade with nearby Native American tribes
barter with each other
2
How did the religious beliefs of the Puritans affect their daily lives?
Puritans would enjoy activities like playing cards
Everyone was taught to read so they could read the Bible
All men were allowed to vote
Men guarded the colony
3
In the New England Colonies, only free white men who owned property were allowed to...
attend church
trade with other towns
vote
all of the above
4
What jobs did women and girls have?
All of the above
Make clothing out of household items
Make soap and candles out of animal fat
Prepare and cook food
5
What jobs did men and boys have in the New England Colonies?
Working in the fields and hunting animals to eat
Just choices 1 and 3
Storing fruits and vegetables for the winter
Cutting fire wood and making their own tools
6
How did New England colonists participate in their government?
People traded with each other
The colonists made their own tools
Everyone helped harvest crops
They attended town meetings and elected leaders
7
Religion affected how the Puritans lived, worked, and spent their free time.
False
True
8
Puritans believed that reading the Bible and __________________ were the best ways to worship.
working on quilts
hunting
praying
voting
9
Teachers were often very strict and whipped students for bad behavior or for wrong answers.
True
False
10
Why was education so important to the Puritans?
They believed that everyone should be able to barter
To understand how to build a successful business.
Everyone should know how to read the Bible
So that everyone could attend college
