The 13 Colonies PowerPoint Project
Objective: Create a PowerPoint (or Prezi) that explains the development of one of the original 13
colonies by distinguishing who settled there and why.
Directions:
1. You will be assigned one of the following colonies: (Circle the one that is assigned to you):
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Georgia
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
North & South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
New York
New Hampshire
Delaware
2. Research your colony. Include the following on each slide:
Slide #1: Title Slide
a)
b)
c)
d)
Name of colony
Your names
Picture of your colony or arrow pointing to your colony
Pictures that relate to the topic
Slide #2: Founding of the Colony (1)
a)
b)
c)
d)
Year founded
What type of colony? (charter, proprietary, or royal – pg. 101)
Who/what the colony was named after?
Pictures that relates to the topic
Slide #3: Founding of the Colony (2)
a)
b)
c)
d)
Name of the founder
Reason for founding (religious freedom, profit, trade, etc.)
Short description or biography on the person
Pictures that relates to the topic
Slide #4: Regional Group
a) Region the colony is found (New England, Middle, Southern)
b) Include a map of 13 colonies with the region highlighted
Slide #5: Colonial Cities
a) Major cities/settlements during colonial times
b) Include larger map of colony with these cities highlighted
Slide #6: Major Industries
a) What did people do to make money in the colony?
b) Pictures that relates to the topic
Slide #7: Famous Colonial People
a) What other famous colonial people are from the colony?
b) What did they do to make them famous?
c) Pictures that relates to the topic
Slide #8: Native Americans in the region
a) Identify what Native Groups lived in the colony before European arrival
b) Discuss any conflicts that may have existed between Native Americans and Europeans
c) Pictures that relates to the topic
Slide #9: Africans in the region
a)
b)
c)
d)
Discuss the use of enslaved labor in your colony
Identify any rebellions that took place
Discuss the free black population in your colony
Pictures that relates to the topic