1. Read the two paragraphs on page 82 to answer the following question:
Bell Ringer Tuesday
Read the two paragraphs on page 82 to answer the following question:
How did geography affect the economy in each of the three regions (New England, Middle, Southern)?

2. Answer:
New England: its geography lent itself to fishing, lumber, and small-scale farming. Trade and commerce took hold in Boston because on Atlantic Ocean coast.

3. Answer:
Middle Colonies: became known as the “breadbasket” of colonial America. Flour and other products were shipped to England and the West Indies from busy seaports in New York and Philadelphia.

4. Answer:
Southern Colonies: large plantations that grew tobacco, rice, indigo, and eventually cotton. Enslaved Africans tended these labor-intensive crops.

5. Bell Ringer Wednesday 10-16-2013
Summarize what the Salem Witch trials were? (video)

6. Answer:
The Salem Witch Trials punished religious dissenters; the New England Colonies prosecuted suspected witches whenever cattle and children sickened and died, the New Englanders suspected evil magic.
In Salem Massachusetts, the authorities tried, convicted, and executed 19 witches.

7. Bell Ringer (Thur.)
USE THE MAP ON PAGE 88 TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
WHICH NATION WAS BRITAIN’S MAIN RIVAL IN 1754? HOW MIGHT THIS HAVE CHANGED IN 1763?

8. ANSWER:
FRANCE BECAUSE THEY OWN A MUCH BIGGER PART OF NORTH AMERICA
IN 1763, BRITAIN GAINED ALL OF FRENCH CLAIMS MAKING SPAIN BRITAIN’S NEW RIVAL

9. Bell Ringer (Fri.)
Read, “Women in the Colonies,” page 83, and answer the following prompt:
Describe life for women in the Colonies

10. ANSWER:
There were few opportunities for women outside of the home;
Most were legal dependents of men
Married women couldn’t own property, hold public office, and couldn’t serve on juries
Women manage household duties: cooking, gardening, sewing and child care