Economic & Social Life in the Colonies

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Across
  1. 3. more than 90% of the colonists lived and worked on farms or _______
  2. 4. South Carolina and Georgia harvested rice and ________
  3. 7. Most women were _________ dependents of men, and men held all of the power in colonial households
  4. 8. More adults were __________ in New England than in other colonial regions
  5. 10. crops that are in steady demand
  6. 11. During the seventeenth century (1600s), most immigrants to the South were poor, young, _________ men; seeking work for the short term and a farm for the long term, they worked as indentured servants
  7. 12. North Carolina produced lumber and ______
  8. 14. In New England, people who survived ___________ could expect to live to about 70 years, compared to 45 years in the Chesapeake region
  9. 16. New Englanders exported fish and _______
Down
  1. 1. Most of the immigrants to seventeenth century New England were middle class __________ who could pay their own way → making for a better balance between males and females
  2. 2. Because of their longer growing season, Southern Colonies could raise the most valuable and __________ colonial crops
  3. 5. During the colonial era, rules and regulations at colleges were quite strict. Students were expected to live moral and righteous lives, risking punishment or expulsion if they broke a rule. Regulations at Yale College included: “If any scholar shall be guilty of ____________ swearing… he shall be punished by fine, confession… or expulsion.”
  4. 6. Both the middle and poorer class bought more than they could afford. Americans suffered from a chronic trade imbalance, as they imported more than they exported. Most colonists bore mounting _______
  5. 9. Less widely available outside of New England
  6. 12. European immigrants seemed to prefer the Middle Colonies → became the most ethnically and ___________ diverse region in the entire British Empire
  7. 13. With a more temperate climate, farmers in the Middle Colonies were able to produce more and better ___________ than the New England Colonies → led to economic boom
  8. 15. Vast majority of people in the 13 colonies made their living as ________