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Chapter 6 - Lesson 2 - Cities, Towns, and Farms

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  • What is self-government?
    a form of government where the citizens make decisions for themselves (or elect representatives)
  • True or False? Farming families had a hard life.
    true
  • Identify one of Benjamin Franklin's "firsts". NO REPEATS
    a
  • What did Benjamin Franklin want to be?
    a printer
  • Identify one of Benjamin Franklin's "firsts". NO REPEATSb
    b
  • Why were fires a problem in colonial towns?
    most buildings were made of wood
  • True or False - Children were not allowed to be slaves.
    false - children who were slaves often cooked or cleaned in the planter's house
  • What crop did Eliza Lucas Pinckney successfully grow for the first time in 1744?
    indigo
  • Identify one of Benjamin Franklin's "firsts". NO REPEATS
    c
  • What city did Ben Franklin help to be successful after his arrival in 1723?
    Philadelphia, PA
  • About how many people lived in Philadelphia in 1760? You must be within a thousand of the number discussed in class.
    about 24,000
  • Identify one of Benjamin Franklin's "firsts". NO REPEATS
    d
  • What did they call the plantation manager who directed the working slaves?
    the overseer
  • Many New England towns were self-sufficient. What does that mean?
    They relied on themselves for most of what they needed.
  • Why did the colonies have to import tea and sugar?
    because those products were not grown in the colonies - they came from other countries
  • Why do you think the southern plantation didn't have a school?
    They didn't educate slave children, and the planter's children most likely had a tutor.
  • Which ONE was NOT a job a slave could do? blacksmith, planter, carpenter, baker
    planter
  • According to the text, if a farming family didn't grow something, how did they get it?
    They made it.
  • What did they call the open space where cattle and sheep could graze?
    town common
  • In what building did the people meet to make decisions and attend church?
    the meeting house
  • What did they call wealthy land owners that owned plantations?
    planter
  • According to the text, if a farming family didn't make something, how did they get it?
    They grew it.
  • True or False? Women could not be planters.
    false - Eliza Lucas Pinckney was a planter
  • Who did most of the work on a large plantation?
    enslaved Africans
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