Mary Ashleigh's check up questions on page 52

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1. Where did the greatest number or settlers come from? England

2. How did the colonies grow so quickly? because they attracted so many people at once

3. Describe Sunday worship services in the colonies. singing, Bible reading,prayer,long sermons

4. Which set of colonies had the greatest religious diversity? middle colonies

5. How did religious freedom in the southern colonies differ from that in the middle colonies?

middle- attracted many people of different places

southern- paid taxes to support the Anglican church

6.What religious group wrote the first classical music to be composed in America? middle colonies

• colonial era-lasted 150 years
• Scots-Irish-Scots who were in the northern Ireland during the 17th century
• Philadelphia- largest city
• Moravians- religious group, German immigrants who followed John Huss's teaching
• John Huss- Amish and Moravians followed his teachings
• Count von Zinzendorf- great Moravian leader, from Saxony
• Bethlehem- Moravians founded, in Pennsylvania
• Congregational churches- each local congregation had an important voice in it's own church government

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1. List some of the things you buy today that the average colonial family had to make. soap,candles,furniture,tools,food,clothes

2. Which colonies were called the "bread colonies"? Why? middle colonies, they produced a lot of grain

3. What types of crops were raised in the South? Where was the "rice country"? tobacco,indigo,rice South Carolina and Georgia

4. Name three industries that were particularly suited for the New England colonies. lumber,shipbuilding,fishing/whalings

5. Who was America's chief overseas customer?England

6.How would the success of the American colonies lead to conflict with England? England might get jealous

7. What was the triangular trade route? the route the New Englanders followed

• homespun- rough cloth made from wool and yarn
• indigo- key crop, the leaf of it was used to make a blue dye that was being demanded by the English
• Antigua- British possession, strongest center of Christianity among the black in the West Indies
• barter-trade
• textile industry- north and south colonies developed it
• blacksmiths- shod horses and forged tools
• leather workers- made harnesses, boots and shoes
• millers-operated gristmills

John Huss

http://logosresourcepages.org/History/huss_b.htm

http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/7.html

http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/special/131christians/huss.html