The Thirteen
Colonies
Write On Activity
Curriculum Standards
• Grade 4
– The learner will be
able to identify
major industries of
Colonial America
using a map of the
original 13
colonies.
13 Colonies
• The first colonies in North America were
along the eastern coast.
• The first permanent settlement in North
America was the English colony at
Jamestown, in 1607, in what is now
Virginia.
• Other English colonies sprang up all along
the Atlantic coast, from Maine in the north
to Georgia in the south.
Jamestown
13 Colonies
• As more and more people arrived in the
New World, more and more disputes
arose over territory breaking out in wars.
• French and England fought for control of
North America in what Americans call the
French and Indian War.
• England won the war and gained control of
Canada too.
French and Indian War
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• By this time, the English
colonies numbered 13.
They were
Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia,
North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia.
13 Colonies
Major Industry: Agriculture
(fishing, corn, livestock),
Manufacturing
(lumbering, shipbuilding)
Major Cities: Boston,
Quincy, Plymouth, Salem,
Lexington, Concord
Colony Named for:
Massachusetts tribe
(word means "large hill
place")
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Major Industry:
Agriculture (potatoes,
fishing),
Manufacturing
(textiles,
shipbuilding)
Major Cities: Concord
Colony Named for:
county of Hampshire
in England
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Major Industry:
Manufacturing
(shipbuilding, iron
works), Agriculture
(cattle, grain, rice,
indigo, wheat)
Major Cities: New York
City, Albany
Colony Named for:
Duke of York
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Major Industry:
Agriculture (wheat,
corn, fishing)
Major Cities: Hartford,
New Haven
Colony Named for:
from an Indian word
that means, "beside
the long tidal river"
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Major Industry:
Agriculture (livestock,
dairy, fishing),
Manufacturing
(lumbering)
Major Cities:
Providence
Colony Named for:
Dutch for "red island"
13 Colonies
Major Industry:
Agriculture (wheat,
corn, cattle, dairy),
Manufacturing (textiles,
papermaking,
shipbuilding)
Major Cities:
Philadelphia, Lancaster,
York
Colony Named for:
William Penn and
sylvania, Latin for
"forest"
13 Colonies
Major Industry:
Manufacturing
(ironworking,
lumbering)
Major Cities: Trenton,
Princeton
Colony Named for:
Isle of Jersey in England
13 Colonies
Major Industry:
Manufacturing
(shipbuilding, iron
works), Agriculture
(corn, wheat, rice,
indigo)
Major Cities: Baltimore,
Annapolis
Colony Named for:
Queen Henrietta Maria
of England
13 Colonies
Major Industry:
Agriculture (fishing),
Manufacturing
(lumbering)
Major Cities:
Wilmington
Colony Named for:
Delaware tribe and for
an early governor of
colonial Virginia, Lord
de la Warr
13 Colonies
Major Industry:
Plantation agriculture
(tobacco, wheat, corn)
Major Cities:
Jamestown,
Williamsburg,
Richmond
Colony Named for:
England's "Virgin
Queen," Elizabeth I
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Major Industry:
Plantation agriculture
(indigo, rice, tobacco)
Major Cities:Raleigh
Colony Named for:
from Carolus, the
Latin word for
"Charles," Charles I of
England
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Major Industry:
Plantation agriculture
(indigo, rice, tobacco,
cotton, cattle)
Major Cities:Charleston
Colony Named for:
from Carolus, the
Latin word for
"Charles," Charles I of
England
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Major Industry:
Agriculture (indigo,
rice, sugar)
Major Cities: Savannah
Colony Named for:
England's King George
II
Summary
• The 13 colonies were settled
for a variety of reasons.
• The two main reasons were:
–Religious freedom/autonomy
–Economic interest
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Worksheet and Map
Colonial America Movies
Interactive Map
Map Quiz
13 Colonies Printout: Label Me!
13 Colonies Online Activities
Thirteen Colonies Summary
Write On Writing Focus
The 13 colonies were
settled in the 1600’s.