Flashcard on Colonial Life

Front

What happened to the children of enslaved people?

Back

They were also enslaved.

Front

What was used to form governments in the new colonies? Options: investors, religion, charters, democracy

Back

charters

Front

What are cash crops?

Back

crops grown for their financial value

Front

________ agreed to work for a master without pay in return for education, room, and board.

Back

Indentured servants

Front

Strangers and native people were treated well in the colonies.

Back

False

Front

Why did the Puritans come to North America?

Back

for religious freedom

Front

Which group created a religious colony? Options: Puritans, Jamestown, Georgia company

Back

Puritans

Front

Which of the following was not a feature of slave life in colonial America?
Options:
Under the oppressions of slavery, African-Americans had little chance to form families or communities.
Slaves on large plantations had greater autonomy from whites than did those on small farms, or in towns.
Slaves pursued freedom through individual escape and collective rebellion.
From the shared experience of slavery, an African-American identity gradually materialized.

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Under the oppressions of slavery, African-Americans had little chance to form families or communities.

Front

Women in the colonies would have been expected to know how to.. make clothes and cook?

Back

make clothes and cook

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The main responsibilities of colonial women were to: run plantations and businesses, teach school and prepare lessons, raise children and take care of the home

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raise children and take care of the home