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13 Colonies Study Guide
What natural resources were available in each region?
New England
Fish, whales, trees
Mid-Atlantic
Wheat, barley, rice
Southern
Tobacco, cotton, rice
Name the states in each region
New England
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
Southern
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
What is an indentured servant? They work for Colonial Landowners in exchange for passage to the
colonies.
Family life in the colonies was different in many ways. One was that they made their own clothing and
tools. Often they grew their own food and raised their own livestock.
The colonial Economy
New England
Fishing, whaling, shipbuilding
Religious intolerance
Mid-Atlantic
“bread basket” (barley, wheat, oats), factories, trade
Diverse people
Southern
Plantations: cotton, indigo, tobacco, rice
Slavery helped plantation owners get rich