Today’s Agenda
• Discuss “One-Pager” Region Project-due
Thursday
• Colonial Regions Review- Freeform Mapping
• Colonial Regions Quiz
• Fill in P.L.A.C.E.S. for colonial regions in ISN.
• Colonial Placement Program Activity
British Colonization
1607-1733
Between 1607 and 1733, the British founded
thirteen colonies on North America’s east
coast and successfully ruled them for 169
years.
Other nationalities helped settled the colonies,
but the population, language, laws and culture
remained predominantly British.
Reasons for Colonization
(motives for settlement)
Types of Colonies
Private enterprise financed all thirteen British colonies, but all
were required to govern by English law. Three kinds of
colonies received charters from the king.
On the next clean page of your ISN, install the Thirteen Colonies Foldable. Use
this chart to place them in chronological order. Shade the tabs by colonial
region and create a key for your notes.
Directions
• You will take notes on the development of each
colonial region in your foldable utilizing PLACE +
S.
Physical Environment- how would you explain the
overall physical environment?
Location- Where is it?
Agriculture- What types of plants grow there? Soil
type? Natural resources?
Climate- What the normal weather?
Economy- How do people make money?
Society- What’s the culture?
New England Colonies
rocky soil, forests, harbors, sandy coasts
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island
potatoes, corn, pumpkin, fish, beans, sustenance farming
(small)
long bitter winters, short mild summers
Fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, slave trading, rum
Puritans, Pilgrims, towns and villages, Mayflower Compact,
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut,
Middle Colonies
rocky soil in some areas, fertile soil, navigable rivers,
harbors
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
wheat, rye, oats, beef, pork, corn
Moderate: cold winters, hot summers
“Breadbasket” exporting grains, iron, trade
religious and ethnic diversity, rural (farms) urban- large
cities, trade centers, merchants, craftsmen
Southern Colonies
fertile soil, broad lowlands, many rivers, tidewater area
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
rice, beef, pork, corn, indigo, tobacco, plantations
Short, mild winters, long, hot summers
cash crops, plantation system, slavery
House of Burgesses; Catholics, Anglicans, Baptists; wealthy
planters, small farmers, debtors, indentured servants,
slaves; rural (farms)
Virginia
P-coastal lowlands and wooded mountains
L- south of Maryland and north of North Carolina; *
Jamestown, *Williamsburg
A- tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetables, grain, fruit; beef,
pork, rich fertile soil
C- mild winters and hot summers (long growing season
= $)
E- cash crops, Iron industry
S- religious diversity, House of Burgesses (elected
governing assembly)
Plantation
New Hampshire
P- low coast, hills, mountains, and plateau.
Heavily forested, rivers
L- north and west of Massachusetts
A- potatoes, poor rocky soil
C- long, cold winters and mild short summers
E- fish, timber, furs, shipbuilding, and livestock
S- towns and villages; Puritan
Plateau- raised area with level top: an area of high
ground with a fairly level surface
New York
P- mountains, lowlands;
L- North of Pennsylvania, West of New Jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire; *NYC, *Albany
A- wheat, corn, beef, pork, lumber, fertile
soil
C- mild climate with warm summers and mild
winters
E- cash crops, shipbuilding, trade
S- religious diversity
Massachusetts
P- jagged coast and hills, mountains thick
with
trees, rivers
L- north of Connecticut, and Rhode Island,
east
of New York and New Hampshire,
*Boston
A- corn, poor rocky soil
C- mild short summers and long cold winters
E- manufacturing and exporting rum, and
shipbuilding, fishing, furs
S- Mayflower Compact (self-governing), Puritan,
Salem Witchcraft Trials,
Jagged coasts
Maryland
P- coastal plains, piedmont plateau, and the Blue
Ridge Mountains, separated by the
Chesapeake Bay
L- north of Virginia, west of Delaware, south of
Pennsylvania, *Baltimore
A- corn, wheat, rice, beef, pork,indigo
C- hot and humid summers, cold winters
E- cash crops, livestock
S- religious toleration
Rhode Island
P- flat rolling hills and lowlands, mountains thick
with trees, rivers
L- east of Connecticut, south of Massachusetts
A- poor rocky soil
C- mild short summers, long cold winters
E- fishing, whaling, lumber, manufacturing, shipbuilding, rum and syrup-making
S- Religious Toleration; villages/towns
Connecticut
P- narrow lowlands, hilly eastern upland, mountains
thick with trees, rivers
L- east of New York, South of Massachusetts,
west of Rhode Island
A- corn, pumpkins, rye, squash, and beans; beef,
pork, poor
rocky soil
C- mild short winters, long cold summers
E- shipbuilding, rum
S- Religious tolerance; Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• First written
constitution
• Created democratic
government with voting
rights based on
property ownership
NOT religious beliefs
Delaware
P- flat lowland, swampland
L- east of Maryland, South of Pennsylvania, west
of New Jersey
A- timber, furs, coal and iron ore, wheat, flax, hemp
C- mild climate with warm summers and mild
winters
E- cash crops, iron ore, lumber, textiles, furs, and
shipbuilding
S- religious toleration
North Carolina
P- coastal plains, plateau and mountain
ranges
L- north of South Carolina and south of
Virginia, *Raleigh
A- good agricultural land, fish, forests,
C- warm climate year round farming
E- cash crops
S- religious diversity; slavery
South Carolina
P- coastal plains, plateau and mountain
ranges
L- south of North Carolina, and North of
Georgia; *Charleston
A- good agricultural land
C- hot and humid summers
E- cash crops; slave trade
S- religious diversity, slavery
New Jersey
P- mountains, lowlands
L- East of Pennsylvania and Delaware, south and
west of New York; *Princeton, *Trenton
A- good farmland, timber, furs, and coal, iron
ore
C- warm summers and mild winters
E- cash crops, livestock
S- religious diversity
Pennsylvania
P- mountains, coastal plain, plateaus, lowlands,
L- south of New York, west of New Jersey, north
of Maryland and Delaware; *Philadelphia
A- good farmland; timber, furs, coal, and iron
ore
C- warm summers and mild winters
E- cash crops, iron ore products
S- religious diversity; Quakers
Georgia
P- hilly coastal plains with plenty of forests
L- south of South Carolina and north of Spanish
Florida; *Atlanta, *Savannah
A- fish, forests, and good farmland
C- warm climate, year round farming
E- cash crops
S- religious diversity
HOW CAN WE SUMMARIZE WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE COLONIES?
A “one-pager” is a one page summary of what you have learned. The format is flexible and up to
you, however, the whole page must be filled in. It must include a combination of pictures
and words and it must be in color.
INSTRUCTIONS
•Split your paper into three sections. Leave a center section for
your title. Create a Title. Make it catchy! Label each section.
1.New England Colonies
2.Middle Colonies
3.Southern Colonies
•Write a summary about each region.
1.At least 5 sentences.
2.Include geography, climate, natural resources, and
economic activity.
•Create an essential question about each region AND answer it.
•Example: How did the geography of the Southern Colonies
affect the economic activity of the region? ANSWER:
The rich soil and long growing season made cash crop farming
very profitable in the Southern colonies.
•BONUS POINTS: Create “Level 2” questions. These questions will force you to think critically about
what you have learned when you answer them.
•State one main idea about the colonies and put that in the center of your one-pager under the title.
REMINDERS
•Include at least 2 pictures per section to support your summaries.
•The pictures can be drawn, printed, or cut from magazines.
•FILL IN ALL OF THE WHITE SPACE ON THE PAGE. Use lots of color and be creative!