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Social Studies
Chapter 6 Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the advantages and disadvantages of being an apprentice? | The advantages of being an apprentice are that you get good job potential. The disadvantages are that you do a lot of hard work and have little or no free time. |
| What was the job for an artisan? | An artisan was a skilled worker who made things by hand. |
| How did a person become an artisan? | Someone can become an artisan by being an apprentice at first. |
| What was daily life like for children who grew up on farms during colonial times? | They did as much work as apprentices did. They would do things such as gather wood or cook. |
| On what natural resources was the New England economy based? and the Southern economy? What industries developed? | The New England economy was based on products from the forest and sea.(building, fishing, whaling)The Southern economy was based on farming.(rich soil, warm weather, lots of rain, agriculture) |
| Largest city in the 13 colonies | Philadelphia |
| Established first public library,hospital, and fire department in 13 colonies | Benjamin Franklin |
| First planter to raise successful crop of indigo | Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney |
| Began building towns in Massachusetts in 1630 | Puritans |
| Open space where cattle and sheep could graze | town common |
| Plantation manager | overseer |
| Most important building in colonial town | meeting house |
| Served as marketplaces where farmers could sell their crops and buy tools and clothes | Middle Colony Towns |
| Large farm where cash crops such as tobacco and rice were grown | Southern plantation |
| Places to buy imported goods such as tea and sugar | general store |
| Families who had to make or grow most of what they needed | farming families |