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Life in the Colonies
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Unit 1, Lesson 4 American History 6-8
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Which one of these is not a wise saying of Benjamin Franklin?
a penny saved is a penny earned
Fish and visitors smell in three days
Thy show thyself highly fed and lowly taught
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
2
Women outnumbered men in the colonies.
True
False
3
A right is a power or privilege that belongs to people as citizens, cannot or should not be taken away by government
True
False
4
For fun: What is Mrs. Davis's favorite ride at Animal Kingdom?
Mount Everest
Navi River
Flight of Passage
Kali River Rapids
5
What was the name of the book that was used in a typical One Room School House of the colonies?
The New England Primer
Learning to Read and Write
The Puritan Primer
The New England Dictionary
6
The Puritans were constantly on the lookout for these.
Adulterers
Witches
Moonshiners
7
"Sabbath Keepers" were appointed to make sure everyone in town was at church on Sunday.
False
True
8
Average Family size during Colonial Times
7-10 children
12-20 children
1-3 children
10-15 children
9
passed by Parliament in 1689, limited monarch's power by giving some powers to Parliament and certain rights to citizens
Magna Carta
Act of Revolution
Glorious Revolution
English Bill of Rights
10
This was the most constant danger for colonist in cities
tornadoes
hurricanes
Native American attacks
fire
11
The lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the Kingdom
Parliament
Congress
Bill of Rights
tribunal committee
12
Puritan religious laws , came to be known as __________for the color of the book binding in which they were kept.
Red Laws
Black Laws
Rainbow Laws
Blue Laws
13
What is in an almanac and how often is it published?
sayings and advice, monthly
sayings, advice, weather predictions, annually
sayings, advice and sports trivia, annually
record weather statistics, twice a year
14
a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s
Glorious Revolution
Great Revolution
Great Awakening
Glorious Awakening
15
an agreement made in 1215, listing the rights granted by King John II to all free men of the kingdom
Magna Carta
The Agreement of 1215
English Bill of Rights
Glorious Revolution
16
betty lamps are:
torches that hung outside the barn
metal containers in which grease was burned to light up the houses
lamps shaped like Betty Rubble
metal containers that held lightbulbs
17
Center of most economic activity in the colonies:
animals
exploration
fur trading
Land
18
What might happen to one who "broke the Sabbath?"
execution
whipped
jail
public humiliation such as stockades
19
Benjamin Franklin wrote "Poor Richard's Almanac" under the pen name of
Richard Saunders
Benjamin Sanders
Ricky Ricardo
William Shakespeare
20
Name of the city where many innocent women were accused of being witches and executed.
Salem
Hartford
Philadelphia
Boston
21
publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette
Richard Smith
Ben Franklin
William Penn
Benjamin Saunders
22
Which one of these crimes was NOT punishable by death in the early colonies?
piracy
theft
cursing one's parents
denying the one true God
23
Change in power from King James II to the people, took place with no bloodshed
Magna Carta
American Revolution
Civil War
Glorious Revolution
24
Exchange of goods and people between Europe, West Africa and the Americas
Triangular Route to America
Triangular Trade Route
Middle Passage
Atlantic Slave Route
25
Why was slavery more wide-spread in the South?
need for workers to grow and harvest the cash crops there
The Southern Colonies were the first five colonies.
there were more rich people in the South
more people lived in the South
26
Ocean crossing that slaves were forced to take on the way from Africa to the Colonies
Equiano Passage
Slave Passage
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
27
How long were Puritan church services?
2 days
2 hours
up to five hours
1 hour
