Cities, Towns, and Farms

1. Cities, Towns, and Farms Chapter 6 Lesson 2

2. City Life Ben Franklin lived in the city of Philadelphia because he wanted to be a printer. Franklin needed to be in a city busy with people who would buy his papers. Philadelphia was a harbor town on the Delaware River rich with people of many different backgrounds. By the middle 1700’s, Philadelphia was the largest city in the 13 colonies. (Read - Making of the 13 Colonies Haikum pages 101-104)

3. City Life • Cities had: • Large Populations • Diverse cultures and religions • Many artisans and tradesmen • Businesses • Homes • Ports or Waterways • Churches • Government Buildings

4. Towns • Towns were smaller than cities, but they were self-sufficient. • Families owned houses and small plots of land to farm and grazed livestock. • Workshops were located in town where the blacksmith, cooper, and shoemaker worked and lived. • The meeting house was the most important building in town.

5. Southern Plantations • Large farms that were their own towns. • Plantations usually grew cash crops • Plantation owners were wealthy men who hired others to run the plantation for them. This manager was called the overseer. • African slaves were brought in to work in the fields. • Plantations could have a school, blacksmith, stables, slave quarters, workshops, and houses for the overseer and slaves.

6. Read the Textbook • Open your book to page 210 • Read lesson 2 with a partner • Complete the lesson 2 review questions in your social studies spiral • Next, you will complete workbook page 53. • Turn in page 53 and silently read lesson 3. You will decide which notes to write in your spiral as you read.