The 13 Colonies
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Life in the Colonies
Life in Cities
Rights of Colonists
Life for African Americans
Education/School
Leisure
Life on a Farm
Religion
Colonial Families
Events Leading to the Revolutionary War
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress
New England colonists were mainly Puritan and led strict lives
In New England, everybody was required to go to church on Sunday, and sometimes houses were searched to make sure everyone was at church
The town meetinghouse held church services and contained rows of benches and a platform of the preacher to stand on
Church services sometimes lasted five hours
The Middle colonies contained a variety of religions, including Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, and Jews²
The Southern colonies also contained a variety of religions
A religious movement, called the Great Awakening, started in the 1730s, where preachers traveled to many towns an delivered sermons to large crowds
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The 13 Colonies
Welcome!
Life in the Colonies
Life in Cities
Rights of Colonists
Life for African Americans
Education/School
Leisure
Life on a Farm
Religion
Colonial Families
Events Leading to the Revolutionary War
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress