The Thirteen Colonies 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

13 Colonies 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 Massachusetts 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") Massachusetts

13 Colonies New Hampshire Major Industry: Agriculture (potatoes, fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding) Major Cities: Concord Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England New Hampshire

13 Colonies Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat) Major Cities: New York City, Albany Colony Named for: Duke of York New York

13 Colonies 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" Connecticut

13 Colonies Rhode Island Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) Major Cities: Providence Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island"

13 Colonies Pennsylvania 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" Pennsylvania

13 Colonies Major Industry: Manufacturing (ironworking, lumbering) Major Cities: Trenton, Princeton Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England New Jersey

13 Colonies Maryland 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 Delaware

13 Colonies Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn) Major Cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I Virginia

13 Colonies North Carolina Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco) Major Cities:Raleigh Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England North Carolina

13 Colonies South Carolina 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

13 Colonies Georgia Major Industry: Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar) Major Cities: Savannah Colony Named for: England's King George II Georgia

The 13 colonies were settled for a variety of reasons. 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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The 13 colonies were settled in the 1600’s.