Question | Answer |
meetinghouse | a large building located in the middle of town used to hold meetings |
wilderness | wild and unsettled land |
banished | forced to leave |
Boston | a big, wealthy city in New England |
industry | a business to make and sell a product |
triangular trade | exchange of supplies and people from the colonies to England and Africa |
Name 4 uses for trees found in New England | maple syrup; ship building; house building; making barrels |
What must all Puritan children study as part of their education? | The Bible |
The most plentiful natural resource in New England | wood |
Where did fisherman get their ships? | they were built in local shipyards |
The soil in New England wasn't suitable for farming because.. | it was rocky |
Settlers in New England were called... | Puritans |
Some young women in Massachusetts were killed because ... | colonists thought they were witches |
What was a meetinghouse used for? | meetings; school; worship |
What did the daily life of a Puritan child look like? | they got up early to feed animals, went to school and studied the Bible, came home and worked in the fields or made clothes and candles |
Why were people banished from Massachusetts? | They wanted to worship in their own way and not be told by town leaders what to do. |
Name a wealthy city in New England. | Boston |
Colonists traded run and iron to Africa in exchange for... | slaves to work in the colonies |
England sent the colonists guns, tools, and furniture since the colonists sent... | furs, fish, wood, rice, tobacco |