Preview 3
The English Colonies in America
Directions:
Examine the map provided by the teacher and answer the questions below.
In how many regions are the 13 colonies divided?
1. Which region has the largest tobacco plantations?
2. In which region was fishing important?
3. In which region would you find ironworks?
4. Why do you think many large farms were located in the Southern Colonies?
5. Why do you think so much shipbuilding took place in the New England Colonies?
Directions: Read each section in Chapter 3, using the prompts to help complete the diagrams.
ISN 3.3 Massachusetts
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
weather in the
winter:
______________
Type of vegetation
(2):
Occupation: (2)
_______________
_______________
______________
Government:
_______________
People that
settled there:
_______________
3.4 Rhode Island
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
weather in the
winter:
________________
vegetation:
Religion:
_______________
______________
_______________
occupation (4):
_______________
3.5 Connecticut
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
weather in the
winter:
______________
Type of
vegetation
Government:
_______________
______________
_______________
Occupation (4)
_______________
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3.6 New York
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
weather in the
winter
______________
Type of vegetation
(2):
Government:
_______________
______________
______________
Society:
_______________
occupation (4):
_______________
_______________
3.7 Pennsylvania
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
weather in the
winter:
________________
Type of
landforms(2):
Purpose of the
"Great Laws"
_______________
______________
occupations(4):
____________
3.8 Maryland
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
weather in winter:
_________________
_
Type of
vegetation:
Act concerning
religion:
_______________
______________
_______________
occupations(5)
_______________
3.9 Virginia
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
weather in winter:
_________________
landforms (2):
Government:
_______________
______________
_______________
occupation:
_______________
3.10 Georgia
Weather in the
summer:
_______________
Weather in winter:
____________
occupation:
refuge for
_______________
______________
_______________
landforms (2):
_______________
Processing 3
Directions: Pretend that you are an American colonist in the early 1700s.
Write a postcard to a friend in Europe describing one colony (it cannot be the
one you worked on with your group). Write the message in the top box, and
make a picture of your colony in the bottom box.
Top box must have:
 A proper salutation and closing
 3 reasons you moved there
 2 reasons you did NOT move somewhere else
Bottom box must have:
 A colorful image that shows the colony’s best feature
 5 colors\ in coloedr pencils only
 Drawn in pencil
 A drawn stamp and address
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