chapter 6

Question 1

what was one disadvantage of being an apprentice

Answer 1

rarely getting a day of

Question 2

which of the following was a job available to apprentice

Answer 2

cooper, surveyor, blacksmith,

Question 3

why were the middle colonies know as the breadbasket of the colonies

Answer 3

they grew a lot of wheat , milled it into flour and shipped it to other colonies

Question 4

which of the following was not started by Benjamin Franklin in the city of Philadelphia

Answer 4

hotel

Question 5

was not a cash crop in the southern colonies

Answer 5

wheat

Question 6

what was the most important building in a colonial new England town

Answer 6

the meeting house

Question 7

what is one characteristic of colonial towns

Answer 7

community is self-sufficient

Question 8

what was school like in the colonies

Answer 8

student of all ages in just one room

Question 9

what was one of the most popular books in the 13 colonies

Answer 9

poor richards almanac

Question 10

which of the following describes most slavery in the south

Answer 10

slaves worked on plantations

Question 12

what did enslaved people contribute to society during coloinal times?

Answer 12

they had a variety of skills that could be used in the cites and on plantaions

Question 13

which of the following helped enslaved people keep their african culture alive

Answer 13

making drums and banjos

Question 13

what was one way slaves resited slavery

Answer 13

attempted esacpes

Question 13

how were coloinal towns self-sufficant

Answer 13

they made there own resoucesses

Question 13

what is the oldest collage in the U.S

Answer 13

harvard

Question 14

how did benjamain frankiln help the city of philadelphia

Answer 14

the first newspaper, public libary, hospital, and fire department

Question 15

what are two examples of poor richards almanac

Answer 15

an egg is better today than a hen tomorrow
haste makes waste

Question 15

what hardships did enslaved african excperince

Answer 15

they would work twelve houres a day
and very little free time

Question 16

where was slavery most important and why was it so important there?

Answer 16

the south because they needed a lot of workers on the plantaions

Question 17

what were some of the ways enslaved people would resist slavery

Answer 17

they would escape they would act sick

Question 18

what wasone of the differences between slavery in the north and slavery in the south

Answer 18

slaves in the north had the advantage of working extra jobs

Question 19

why did enslaved africans work extra jobs during their nights and weekends

Answer 19

they could buy their freedom

Question 20

the __________caused many colonisets to become interested in religion once again and to help others

Answer 20

great awakening

Question 21

a skilled worker, such as a carpenter or blacksmith , was an

Answer 21

apprentice

Question 22

the trade route from New England to West Africa to the West Indies and back to New England was a

Answer 22

triangular trade route

Question 23

a young person would spend years as an __________ learning a skill from a more experienced person

Answer 23

apprentence

Question 24

in colonial times people read _______________ or reference books with fatcs and figures for thier valuble information

Answer 24

almanaces

Question 25

the_______ _________ took place when slaves clashed with their owners near a river in south carolina

Answer 25

stono rebellion

Question 26

the open space where sheep and cattle could graze in a town was known as the

Answer 26

town commen

Question 27

the second leg of a three-part voyage was known as the

Answer 27

middle passage

Question 28

the new england colonies were______________
they relied on themself

Answer 28

self - sufficient