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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

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut

CLIMATE: moderate climate, which allowed farming to thrive

COLONIES: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware

CLIMATE: long winters, colder climate, shorter growing season

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

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

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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

COLONIES: Maryland, 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

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

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

COLONIES: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

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

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

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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

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

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies