SS Chapter 6 Notes 4th Grade
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- Teachers were brought from where to teach the children?
- Europe
- Why were kitchens on plantations separate homes?
- danger of fires
- What did the planter's wive do?
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clothed and feed everyone
gave medical care - On plantations money was rarely used. What did they trade?
- crops
- What did the girls learn?
- Girls learned basic skills and how to sew
- Planters traded what for British goods?
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tobacco
rice
indigo - What was the meetinghouse used for?
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worship
town meetings - Who buys and sells thingsfor someone else?
- Broker
- Tell two facts you know about slaves.
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Not allowed to go to school
By 10 young slaves worked with the adults - What does a blacksmith do?
- makes iron into horseshoes, hinges, and nails
- How did the African slaves keep their heritage alive?
- At night they told stories and sang songs about their heritage.
- What does the word import mean?
- goods brought in from another country
- What is an Indentured servant?
- People from Europe who had no money and agreed to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for a trip over to America
- What is the trip called that carried slaves from Africa?
- Middle Passage
- Who went to college?
- Boys
- The main town in a county is called?
- County Seat
- What did Daniel Boone do?
- He was a frontiersman who helped build roads in Kentucky and Tennessee
- Plantation owners were known as?
- Planter
- Where is a fall line?
- where land drops sharply, causing rivers to form waterfalls
- What is the open area where livestock graze called?
- Common
- Where is the Backcountry?
- land between Coastal Plain and Appalachian Mts. (frontier)
- What is a young child who studied under a skilled worker to learn a trade called?
- Apprentice
- What happened to a slave that would not work?
- They were whipped
- Big covered wagons used to carry cargo are called?
- Conestoga wagons
- Name a few dangers on the frontier.
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wild animals
humans trying to steal your livestock or land - Name 3 exports
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furs
lumber
dried fish - A public sale is called a ?
- Auction
- What is a Militia?
- Volunteer army
- How are slaves different from indentured servants?
- Slaves were not free after the time they worked
- How did people make their living?
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Fishing
whaling
shipbuilding - What were the planter's jobs?
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Planters plant, harvest, store and ship crops.
He also kept records - Name 3 cities that grew from trade and had good harbors
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New York
Charleston
Philadelphia - Where was the Meetinghouse located?
- In the middle of most New England towns
- What is the name of the person who took care of animals?
- Herder
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Some indentured slaves came to America to do what?
Why did others come? -
pay for their crimes
They were kidnapped - Where is grain and meal ground into flour?
- Gristmill
- What is the route called that linked Britain, the British colonies, and Africa?
- Triangler trade routes
- What does a cobbler do?
- makes and repairs shoes
- Who watched over slaves and servants?
- Planter's family
- Where are logs sawed into lumber?
- Sawmill
- What is a constable?
- Policeman
- Goods made or raised here and sold to other countries are called?
- Exports
- Name 3 main crops grown on plantations?
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tobacco
rice
indigo - What are Market towns?
- Towns where people traded foods and services
- Who makes the laws?
- White male land owners