Colonial America Study Guide
People
Climate
New
England
farmer
artisan
merchant
apprentice
indentured
servant
Middle
farmer
artisan
merchant
apprentice
indentured
servant
Southern
farmer
artisan
large land
holder
merchant
slave
Soil
Farms
Industry
Products
lots
lumber
fish
furs
ships
livestock
many
grain
livestock
iron
furs
few
(cash crops)
tobacco
indigo
rice
furs
short
summer
rocky
small
fertile
mediumsized
bitterly cold
winter
medium
length
summer
cold winter
long
summer
fertile
short, warm
winter
large
plantation
Harbors
Fall Line
region
where
rivers
make
waterfalls
Trenton,
NJ
cities
grow
up
around
the fall
lines
Baltimore,
MD
Richmond,
VA
Problem
• poor, rocky soil
• short growing
season
• unfriendly native
americans
• wild animals
• diseases, short life
spans
• insects
• wild animals
• cold weather
excellent
places to
put mills
about
100
miles
inland
Macon,
GA
Augusta,
GA
Solution
• moved to new
locations
• helped each other
• built fences
• small farms
• stone walls
• had many children
• neighbors helped
each other
• used herbs and
homemade remedies
• attach barn to home
Cities
grow up
around
harbors
Needed
for ships
to
transport
goods
A
port
for
ships
Boston,
MA
Philadelphia,
PA
import - bring in goods
export - send out goods
Savannah,
GA
Problem
• lack of knowledge
of the new world
environment
• lack of
transportation
• lack of supplies
• poor tools
Solution
learned from native
americans
used animals to pull
carts, boats, barges
• traded for items
needed
• made items needed
• traded for better
tools
• made better tools
Triangle Trade Route
Artisans specialize
in crafts
basketweaver
cooper
(barrel maker)
founder
(iron worker)
gunsmith
saddler
America
to
Europe
sugar,
tobacco,
cotton,
lumber
(raw
materials)
Europe
to
Africa
Africa
to
America
slaves
textiles, rum,
manufactured
goods
called
"The
Middle
Passage"
shoemaker
tailor
(clothes maker)
weaver
(cloth maker)
wheelwright
wigmaker
Slave
Indentured
Servant
Apprentice
no
choice,
lifelong
choice,
7-10
years
parent's
choice,child
to teenager
Thirteen British Colonies
Economics
Scarcity = not enough of something
Surplus = too much of something
Opportunity cost = the next best choice
Specialization = to do a certain job, such as
baker
Interdependence = to need others in order
to live
Goods = things that can be made and sold
Services = things people do to help others
Resources = the things that are needed to
produce something
Natural Resource = something from the
earth
Human Resource = job that people do
Capital Resource = tools, buildings needed
to make something
Industry = the business of making something to sell
Occupations = jobs people have
Obstacle = a problem
Solution = how to solve the problem