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Colonial period: The Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In the Colonial Period, percentage of colonists who made their living through farming | 90% |
| Bread Basket | Middle colonies |
| Primary grain grown in the Middle Colonies | wheat |
| Tools used bycolonial farmers | spades, sickles, hoes, plows |
| The region of the colonjies which had the worst soil and the longesrt growing season | New England |
| The region of the colonies with the best soil and the longest growing season | Southern Coloniws |
| Region of the American colonies known as the bread basket | Middle Colonies |
| In the Colonial period where most American farmeers lived | Atlantic Coastal Plain |
| Ways Colonial farmers improved their farmland | 1. Rotated their crops--plant different crops every tear 2. Added fertilizer to the soil |
| Two most important economic activities in the New England Colonies | fishing and shipbuilding |
| cropsraised to be sold | cash crop |
| Where rice was a cash crop | Georgia and South Carolina |
| Blue dye | Indigo |
| Used a metal alloy, consisting mostly of tin, to make cheap household utensils | pewterer |
| made barrels | cooper |
| forged iron into various items | blacksmith |
| turned animal skins into leather | tanner |
| schooners, brigs, sloops | types of ships |
| builder of ships | shipwright |
| grinds grain into flour | miller |
| turned valuable metal into bowls, candlesticks, coffee pots, tea services, and flatware | silversmith |
| made candles | chandler |
| built furniture from wood | joiner |
| made two-wheeled vehicles used in transportation | cartwright |
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