Quarter 2 Quiz Practice Quiz

Most women served in this role

Most colonial meals were prepared at the beginning of the week and then frozen for later heating and eating

An opportunity cost is:

The total number of colonies under British rule was

Micro-economics is the study of large economies and Macro-economics is the study of small economies

Which Colonial Region: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware?

The head of the Colonial government, before the Revolutionary War, was run by a President and Congress

Which Colonial Region: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island and Connecticut?

The majority of non-farming jobs were “skilled trades”. These were jobs done by skilled artisans (done by hand).

Economics is the study of:

By 1776, slaves comprised about ____% of the entire population in the 13 mainland colonies.

Which Colonial Region: Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia?

The average colonial person lived to the age of 

Most colonists used these forms of transportation to travel, EXCEPT

Homes in the city were often very nice with multiple levels, nice furniture and rugs

An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that taxed the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty/tax on newspapers and

This colony was originally developed as a "penal colony" (prison area)

This Act said that the colonies had to provide barracks (housing) for British soldiers.

Being really good at doing one thing is

Granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. This led to the Boston Tea Party

The majority of colonists