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Life in the Colonies

Vocabulary

Question: Powers/privileges belonging to people as citizens that can't be taken away by the government.
Answer: rights

Question: A lawmaking body of England with representatives from throughout the kingdom.
Answer: Parliment

Question: an agreement that established the idea that the power of the monarch was limited.
Answer: Magna Carta

Question: An act that limits the monarch's power by giving certain powers to Parliament and lists specific rights of the citizens.
Answer: English Bill of Rights

Question: A revival of religious feelings and beliefs in the American colonies that began in the 1730s.
Answer: The Great Awakening

Life in Colonies

Question: What proportion of the colonial population lived on small family farms?
Answer: 9 out of 10

Question: What proportion of the colonial population lived in a city?
Answer: 1 out of 20

Question: _________ was based on farming, commerce and handcrafts.
Answer: Economy

Question: In what colonial regions was slavery found?
Answer: All three: Southern, Middle and New England.

Question: Slavery expanded more rapidly in this region.
Answer: Southern

Education

Question: Which region supported public education because of their religious faith?
Answer: New England

Question: How was education provided in the New England region?
Answer: Every town with 50 or more families had to hire a teacher and 100 or more families had to build a school.

Question: How was education provided in the Middle region?
Answer: Every religious group or family decided whether to build a school or teach at home.

Question: How was education provided in the Southern region?
Answer: Neighbors would hire a teacher or tutor together or students sent to cities with schools.

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Misc

Question: What is a "bee"?
Answer: An event in which colonists combined work and play to get a task completed quickly.

Question: Name one reason colonial families were so large?
Answer: - farm families needed help of the farm.
-blended families (step-children or orphans)
-took care of grandparents or other family members if they needed help.


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Question: Name the Democratic presidential candidates.
Answer: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Lincoln Chafee, Jim Webb, Martin O'Malley and Joe Biden.

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