To Next Slide Social Studies Chapter 6 Life in the British Colonies 20 Questions! T. Sams Piedmont Elementary

To Next Slide What was the purpose of a town meeting? make decisions about laws and town workers

To Next Slide The triangular trade route linked________. Britain, British colonies, and Africa

To Next Slide Most New England towns used the meeting house to_________ and _______. church services and for town meetings

To Next Slide How did market towns help the local farmers? trade crops for goods and services

To Next Slide The land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian mountains was called________. backcountry

To Next Slide Who owned most of the land in the southern colonies? the planters

To Next Slide What contributed to the economic growth of the cities along the Atlantic coast? whaling

To Next Slide Early southern plantations were usually built _________. along major waterways

To Next Slide How did young people who lived in cities learn to do jobs requiring special skills? becoming apprentices

To Next Slide What did plantation owners use instead of money? crops

To Next Slide What were girls on southern plantations usually taught to do? read and sew

To Next Slide A _________is a statement based on facts. It is used to summarize groups of facts and show relationships between them. generalization

To Next Slide Planters usually sold their farm products using ______________. British brokers

To Next Slide ___________had to work a set period of time without pay. indentured servants

To Next Slide Who did most of the work on southern plantations? African slaves

To Next Slide Why did the British and the French want to settle the Ohio River valley? to run the fur trade

To Next Slide How did families on the frontier get food and household goods? made almost everything they needed

To Next Slide Who helped to build the Wilderness Road? Daniel Boone

To Next Slide __________made the laws and voted for government leaders in the colonies. white men

To Next Slide Goods brought into the country are called _____, and goods sent out to trade are called_____. imports exports

To Next Slide What type of graph is used to compare amounts and makes it easy to see how each part is in relation to the whole? circle or pie graph

To Next Slide A person that is paid to buy and sell for someone else is called a broker

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