This is a quick matching activity on the 13 Colonies and the characteristics of the NE, Middle, and Southern regions.
drag the description to the correct Colony Region
LAND: many thick forests and plantations, people lived very far apart due to plantation lifestyle
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
PEOPLE: not as many different cultures. Consisted of wealthy planters, poor farmers, and enslaved people from Africa
CLIMATE: moderate climate, which allowed farming to thrive
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
COLONIES: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
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
LAND: rich farmland and coastal lowlands with harbors, bays, and rivers for easy transportation
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
COLONIES: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
ECONOMY: long winter prevented farming; timber promoted shipbuilding; harbors encouraged trade, the sea promoted cod industry
CLIMATE: long winters, colder climate, shorter growing season
PEOPLE: much more diversity than New England; had many types of cultures and many religions; immigrants from other countries
CLIMATE: excellent growing climate; warm and consistent temperates for most of the year
COLONIES: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
PEOPLE: lacked diversity; most were white, English, very religious, with large families
LAND: thin, rocky soil
not much flat land A lot of timber (trees)
ECONOMY: based on enslaved labor; colonies grow mostly tobacco, rice, and indigo.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies