Friday, January 15

HUMANITIES
Study for your test on the Thirteen Colonies. Here's what you should focus on:

 People to Know

• Puritans
• John Winthrop
• Roger Williams
• Anne Hutchinson
• King Philip
• Quakers
• William Penn
• George Calvert

 Terms to know

• Common
• Barter system
• Hornbook
• Free-market society
• Trial by jury
• Indentured servant
• Slave
• Broker

 Main Ideas

• Which colonies fought with the Native Americans? Which ones didn’t?
• What was the center of New England life?
• What were some of the commercial uses of whales? What were some of the difficulties of being a whaler?
• What was the triangular trade route? Which countries did they connect? What was traded?
• What were the main crops grown in the Middle Colonies?
• Why did England take over the colony that belonged to Netherland? How did they win the war?
• What were some reasons people wanted to immigrate to America?
• What was The Great Awakening? What were some of the results of it?
• Did the people of the Southern colonies fight with the Native Americans? What happened?
• How did most plantations operate? Who owned them? Who ran them? Who worked them? What did they resemble? Why?
• How did enslaved people keep their culture alive?
• Where did slaves who escaped run to? Why?
• What were the major cash crops of the Southern Colonies?

 Map Skills

Be able to place all thirteen colonies on a map.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

 SCIENCE

Work on your science projects!