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Social Studies Chapter 6 Life in the British Colonies. 20 Questions! T. Sams Piedmont Elementary. What was the purpose of a town meeting?. make decisions about laws and town workers. The triangular trade route linked________. Britain, British colonies, and Africa.
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Social StudiesChapter 6Life in the British Colonies 20 Questions! T. Sams Piedmont Elementary
What was the purpose of a town meeting? make decisions about laws and town workers
The triangular trade route linked________. Britain, British colonies, and Africa
Most New England towns used the meeting house to_________ and _______. church services and for town meetings
How did market towns help the local farmers? trade crops for goods and services
The land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian mountains was called________. backcountry
Who owned most of the land in the southern colonies? the planters
What contributed to the economic growth of the cities along the Atlantic coast? whaling
Early southern plantations were usually built _________. along major waterways
How did young people who lived in cities learn to do jobs requiring special skills? becoming apprentices
What were girls on southern plantations usually taught to do? read and sew
A _________is a statement based on facts. It is used to summarize groups of facts and show relationships between them. generalization
Planters usually sold their farm products using ______________. British brokers
___________had to work a set period of time without pay. indentured servants
Who did most of the work on southern plantations? African slaves
Why did the British and the French want to settle the Ohio River valley? to run the fur trade
How did families on the frontier get food and household goods? made almost everything they needed
Who helped to build the Wilderness Road? Daniel Boone
__________made the laws and voted for government leaders in the colonies. white men
Goods brought into the country are called _____, and goods sent out to trade are called_____. imports exports
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
A person that is paid to buy and sell for someone else is called a broker
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