The Colonies and Their Founding Week 7 Assessment

What is a charter and what are four of the items included in the document?

What are some of the factors to determine the price of a product?

• Demand of the product

• Cost of production

• What the item is

• How long it takes to make

What would struggle in a colonist’s life if there wasn’t a strong and productive working woman in the family?

• The grass wouldn’t be cut

• Not many children

• The pillows wouldn’t be fluffed

• The family would struggle to survive

What are the duties of the women in the daily life of a colonist?

• Raising their children

• All of the above

• Preserving food for the winter

• Fetching water

• Preparing meals

What happened to the children that lost their parents to diseases?

• They were on their own

• They lived with the Native Americans

• They became servants for other families

• They got married and kept working

Why were there indentured servants on the farms?

• To pay off their debt

• Just to have slaves

• They were orphans

• They didn’t have anything to eat

By what age did children have to start helping the family with the farm?

• 18 years old

• 6 years old

• 13 years old

• three or four years old

What does it mean to be in a mercantilism system?

• They buy product from any country

• They could only import or export any raw materials to England

• They can only import raw materials to England

• Only England can export raw materials to America

Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams _____________________.

• Left the Rhode Island Colony for economic gain

• Founded the North Carolina Colony for economic gain

• Left the Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious freedom

• Founded the New Hampshire Colony for religious freedom

What was a conflict that came to court testimony to bloodshed and war?