Exercise
Colonial Travel and Transportation
Discover how colonists traveled and moved goods across land and water. Learn about the common methods of transportation used in the colonies.
Questions
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What was the main way people traveled on land in colonial days?
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A large horse-drawn carriage used to carry passengers and mail between towns was a:
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What were roads like in the American colonies?
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What was the fastest and easiest way to transport heavy goods in colonial times?
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What kind of vessels carried letters and products across the Atlantic Ocean?
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How long did a trip by land from Boston to New York usually take in colonial times?
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Where did weary travelers stop to rest, eat, and change horses?
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What light wooden boat adopted from Native Americans was used on inland streams?
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How was mail delivered across long distances in the colonies?
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Travel by wagon or stagecoach was known to be:
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What simple watercraft floated crops down river currents to port towns?
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Leather pouches attached to horse saddles to carry goods were called: