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Colonial Pennsylvania
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frontier: where a settled region ends and the wilderness begins
export: to send out for trade or sale
Lancaster: This county was called the "breadbasket of America"
raw materials: materials used to make something else
wool: a raw material from a sheep
wood: a raw material from a tree
chisel: a hand tool with a squared, beveled blade for shaping wood, stone, or metal
manufactories: shops were sometimes called this; means "making things by hand"
specialization: working at one specific activity, job, or field of study
cobbler: person who made shoes
journeymen: people who traveled through the frontier and worked for the new settlers, and then moved on
carpenters: people who built wooden frames for houses
cabinetmakers: people who made fine furniture
turners: people who made spindles, bowls, and candlesticks
wheelwrights: people who made wooden wagon wheels
cartwrights: people who made carts
ironmasters: people who made iron bars
blacksmiths: people who heated and hammered the iron bars into tools
pewterers: people who poured melted tin and lead into molds to make utensils
glassblowers: people who blew bubbles of melted glass and shaped them into glasses and bottles
potters: shaped clay into containers and dishes of all kinds
weavers: wove yarn into fabric
tailors: sewed clothes from frabric
gristmill: mill where grain is ground into flour
merchants: people who made their living by selling and shipping goods
barter: to trade one thing for another
freight: a load of goods to be transported; cargo
pack: this kind of train was made up of a line of mules with saddles loaded with freight
Conestoga: this wagon could carry up to 6 tons of freight; largest iron wheels prevented it from sinking in mud
post: this type of road was made mainly for riders to use when delivering mail
Franklin: last name of the man who was inially in charge of the postal service
wheat: Pennsylvania's largest exported raw material
Colonial Pennsylvania
Across:2. | people who blew bubbles of melted glass and shaped them into glasses and bottles | 4. | this wagon could carry up to 6 tons of freight; largest iron wheels prevented it from sinking in mud | 5. | people who poured melted tin and lead into molds to make utensils | 6. | people who built wooden frames for houses | 8. | Pennsylvania's largest exported raw material | 10. | a raw material from a tree | 12. | people who traveled through the frontier and worked for the new settlers, and then moved on | 14. | a load of goods to be transported; cargo |
| 15. | people who made carts | 17. | person who made shoes | 20. | a raw material from a sheep | 22. | people who made their living by selling and shipping goods | 24. | people who made iron bars | 25. | wove yarn into fabric | 28. | where a settled region ends and the wilderness begins | 29. | sewed clothes from frabric |
| | Down:1. | This county was called the "breadbasket of America" | 3. | working at one specific activity, job, or field of study | 7. | a hand tool with a squared, beveled blade for shaping wood, stone, or metal | 9. | shops were sometimes called this; means "making things by hand" | 10. | people who made wooden wagon wheels | 11. | to trade one thing for another | 13. | this type of road was made mainly for riders to use when delivering mail |
| 16. | people who made spindles, bowls, and candlesticks | 18. | materials used to make something else | 19. | shaped clay into containers and dishes of all kinds | 21. | last name of the man who was inially in charge of the postal service | 23. | mill where grain is ground into flour | 26. | to send out for trade or sale | 27. | this kind of train was made up of a line of mules with saddles loaded with freight |
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Colonial Pennsylvania
Across:2. | people who blew bubbles of melted glass and shaped them into glasses and bottles | 4. | this wagon could carry up to 6 tons of freight; largest iron wheels prevented it from sinking in mud | 5. | people who poured melted tin and lead into molds to make utensils | 6. | people who built wooden frames for houses | 8. | Pennsylvania's largest exported raw material | 10. | a raw material from a tree | 12. | people who traveled through the frontier and worked for the new settlers, and then moved on | 14. | a load of goods to be transported; cargo |
| 15. | people who made carts | 17. | person who made shoes | 20. | a raw material from a sheep | 22. | people who made their living by selling and shipping goods | 24. | people who made iron bars | 25. | wove yarn into fabric | 28. | where a settled region ends and the wilderness begins | 29. | sewed clothes from frabric |
| | Down:1. | This county was called the "breadbasket of America" | 3. | working at one specific activity, job, or field of study | 7. | a hand tool with a squared, beveled blade for shaping wood, stone, or metal | 9. | shops were sometimes called this; means "making things by hand" | 10. | people who made wooden wagon wheels | 11. | to trade one thing for another | 13. | this type of road was made mainly for riders to use when delivering mail |
| 16. | people who made spindles, bowls, and candlesticks | 18. | materials used to make something else | 19. | shaped clay into containers and dishes of all kinds | 21. | last name of the man who was inially in charge of the postal service | 23. | mill where grain is ground into flour | 26. | to send out for trade or sale | 27. | this kind of train was made up of a line of mules with saddles loaded with freight |
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