Colonial America by by Gretel Ramos Gretel Ramos St. Pius X School Grade 5 Class

California State Standards 5.4 Students understand the political, religious, social, and economic institutions that evolved in the colonial era. ► Understand the influence of location and physical setting on the founding of the original 13 colonies, and identify on a map the locations of the colonies and of the American Indian nations already inhabiting these areas. ► Identify the major individuals and groups responsible for the founding of the various colonies and the reasons for their founding (e.g., John Smith, Virginia; Roger Williams, Rhode Island; William Penn, Pennsylvania; Lord Baltimore, Maryland; William Bradford, Plymouth; John Winthrop, Massachusetts). ► Describe the religious aspects of the earliest colonies (e.g., Puritanism in Massachusetts, Anglicanism in Virginia, Catholicism in Maryland, Quakerism in Pennsylvania).

Colonial America

The Thirteen Colonies ColonyLocationDate Founded MassachusettsNew England Colony1630 ConnecticutNew England Colony1636 Rhode IslandNew England Colony1647 New HampshireNew England Colony1680 DelawareMiddle Atlantic Colony1638 New JerseyMiddle Atlantic Colony1664 New YorkMiddle Atlantic Colony1664 PennsylvaniaMiddle Atlantic Colony1681 VirginiaSouthern Colony1607 MarylandSouthern Colony1632 North CarolinaSouthern Colony1663 South CarolinaSouthern Colony1712 GeorgiaSouthern Colony1733

The English Colonies The New England Colonies ► The Massachusetts Bay Colony ► New Ideas, New Colonies ► New England’s Economy: trade, forestry, agriculture

The Middle Atlantic Colonies ► Breadbasket Colonies ► Colonial Philadelphia ► Moving West ► Middle Colonies Economy: agriculture, livestock, hunting and trapping

The Southern Colonies ► Settlement of the South ► Southern Plantation ► Southern Cities ► Southern Colonies Economy: agriculture, trade

Start the Unit Project Students will use a graphic organizer to take notes about the different colonies, key people, economic practices, and governments. Students are encouraged to make an idea map like the one below for each colony. Colony How was the colony governed? What were the colony’s economic practices? Why was the colony started? Who were the key people?

Fact Recording Sheet Colony EconomyPeopleReligion

Colonial America A visit to Colonial Williamsburg