5th Grade Social Studies chapter 6 – Flashcards
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apprentice
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someone who learns a skill by working for an experienced person
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artisan
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a worker skilled at making things by hand
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triangular trade routes
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trade routes that are between three regions; they make the shape of a triangle
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Middle Passage
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the middle part of a slave's journey from Africa to the Americas
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self-sufficient
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able to take care of oneself without help
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town common
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an open space in a colonial town where animals could graze
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Great Awakening
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a movement in the 1730s in which people again became interested in religion
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almanac
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a book with facts and figures about many topics
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Stono Rebellion
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event in 1739 in which enslaved people fought with slave owners
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Many young people in the colonies
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were apprentices
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Advantages of being an apprentice were
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learning a valuable skill, training with an experienced person, becoming an artisan
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Because apprentices had to work very long hours
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they had very little free time
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Jobs available to workers in the English colonies included
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cooper, surveyor, and miller
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The Middle Colonies were called "the breadbasket of the colonies" because
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they grew so much wheat and the milled flour and shipped it to the other colonies
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Cash crops in the Southern Colonies were
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tobacco, rice, and indigo
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A triangular trade route
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is a voyage with two stops before returning home
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Benjamin Franklin
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started Philadelphia's first newspaper, library, and hospital, and started the 1st volunteer fire department in the 13 colonies
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Colonial towns
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were self-sufficient
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The most important building in New England towns was
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the meeting house were town meeting were held
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The Southern Colonies had large farms called plantations.
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that grew cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo. They were self-sufficient
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Public schools in the colonies
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had only one room were students of different ages worked together. They learned reading, writing, and math
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Many colonists left Europe
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to escape religious persecution
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Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac
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was one of the most popular books during colonial times
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Common foods in the colonies
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were fish stew with vegetables
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One way slaves contributed to society during colonial times
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they had a variety of skills that could be used in cities and on plantations
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Slaves in the South
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worked on plantations
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Slaves kept their African cultural alive
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by playing drums, banjos, and supporting each other
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Slaves resisted slavery by
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attempting to escape
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New England colonial towns
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-families who lived in towns owned small plots of land in surrounding fields were they grew crops and raised animals -workshops belonging to the blacksmith, cooper, and shoemaker were found around the town common -the town common was an open area for cattle and sheep to graze -the meeting house was the most important building in town
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Daily life like for colonial children
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-some children in towns or cities attended one-room schools -by their teens, most worked on family farms or as apprentices -free time was spent on chores or simple games and sports
