Daily Life in the Colonies

Where did most colonists work?

• In the city

• On farms

• From their house

• In the church

To trade one good or product for another is to___________?

In the New England Colonies, they made their living by?

• Fur Trade

• Shipbuilding

• Woodworking

• Whale Hunting

The Middle Colonies were easier to trade from because_____?

• The were in the middle

• They had boats

• They had deep rivers

• They had sheltered harbors

In the Middle Colonies people worked as_______?

• sailors

• foresters

• dockworkers

• people who unloaded cargo

Machines used for grinding wheat into flour were called

Who wrote about a time when he made a mistake of buying an unnecessary item?