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13 Colonies QuickCheck

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This is a quick matching activity on the 13 Colonies and the characteristics of the NE, Middle, and Southern regions. 

Match the information with the correct region of the 13 colonies.

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Question 1

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drag the description to the correct Colony Region

COLONIES: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

PEOPLE: much more diversity than New England; had many types of cultures and many religions; immigrants from other countries

LAND: many thick forests and plantations, people lived very far apart due to plantation lifestyle

ECONOMY: long winter prevented farming; timber promoted shipbuilding; harbors encouraged trade, the sea promoted cod industry

COLONIES: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

PEOPLE: lacked diversity; most were white, English, very religious, with large families

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

ECONOMY: based on enslaved labor; colonies grow mostly tobacco, rice, and indigo.

PEOPLE: not as many different cultures. Consisted of wealthy planters, poor farmers, and enslaved people from Africa

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut

ECONOMY: farming was big in this region nicknamed the ‘breadbasket colonies’, raising livestock, growing grain, fishing on rivers, and included all types of skilled or unskilled labor

CLIMATE: moderate climate, which allowed farming to thrive

LAND: thin, rocky soil
not much flat land
A lot of timber (trees)

CLIMATE: long winters, colder climate, shorter growing season

COLONIES: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

CLIMATE: excellent growing climate; warm and consistent temperates for most of the year

LAND: rich farmland and coastal lowlands with harbors, bays, and rivers for easy transportation

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies