8th grade Study Guide for Quiz

Study Guide 8th Grade
Colonies/Slavery
Colony Questions/Vocab
Know the 13 original colonies
What are the 3 different areas?
Which colonies are in each area?
Who are the following people:
William Penn
John Winthrop
James Oglethorpe
Puritans
Quakers
What are the economies of each area?

Vocabulary:
Plantation
Cash Crop
Blue Laws
Betty Lamp
Indentured Servant
Bees and Frolics
Petition
Abolitionist

What is the Great Awakening? How did these feelings contribute to the Revolutionary War?
Why are people coming to the colonies?
How was life different for the colonists versus living in England?
City Life vs. Farm Life
How was education in each area of the colonies? Why?
What were the voting rights of people in the colonies?
How did people use the English Bill of Rights to form their own democracy in the colonies?

Slavery
Why was slavery first introduced in the colonies?
Why did slavery grow in the colonies?
Explain the Triangle Trade-Be Specific!
What is the Middle Passage? Be Specific
Loose Pack vs. Tight Pack
How did one become a slave?
Why did people in the colonies justify slavery?