US History - Chp. 7 Flashcards
A time when all neighbors got together to help a new settler build his house
House-raising
Rough, gray material made by early colonist
Homespun
Men who were paid by the town to wander about the streets and call out the latest news
Town criers
Men who traveled on horseback throughout the South, preaching the Bible
Circuit–riding preachers
A school taught in a colonial home; where many colonial children started their education
Dame school
One sheet containing the alphabet and the Lords prayer attached to a wood paddle and protected by a thin sheet of cow’s horn
Hornbook
Small schools started by parents in the Southern colonies
Old-field schools
American school book which was used by millions of children for over 150 years
New England Primer
First college in America
Harvard
German Mennonite school teacher who greatly influenced education in America
Christopher Dock
Two things the fireplace were used for an early colonial homes
Cooking and heating
What part of the colonies had more schools in the early colonial days
New England colonies
What was the major industry of the New England colonies
Fishing
What was the chief food crop in the colonies
Corn
Who invented the rocking chair
Benjamin Franklin
