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1 The 13 Colonies By Sofia M.

2 Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin became a diplomat.
George Washington was the very first president! Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury. John Adams was the second president. John Adams George Washington Benjamin Franklin. Alexander Hamilton

3 The 3 Regions New England: Massachusetts, Conneticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Middle Colonies: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.

4 What Makes Them Unique New England: Fishing/codfish, whaling, trapping, ship building, and logging. Middle Colonies: Agriculture/grains and oats, logging, ship building, textiles, paper making, shipping hubs, and craftsmen. Southern Colonies: Farming/rice, indigo, tobacco, sugarcane, and cotton, slave trade

5 Jobs During Colonial Times
Printers printed newspapers, and books. A silversmith sculpted coffeepots and such out of silver. Blacksmiths forged armory and other metal objects

6 Music Drums Fifes (small flutes) Singing

7 Tools Printing presses were used by printers.
Cast iron molds were used by silversmiths. Hammers were used by a blacksmith.

8 Games Colonial children enjoyed games like rolling hoops, puzzles, and cards.

9 Housing Rich colonists lived in large houses and usually lived on a plantations. Poor people lived in dugouts, small one room homes. Middle class families lived in smaller homes.

10 Clothing Men wore powdered wigs, cloaks, and cravats.
Women wore stays, petticoats, and gowns.

11 Education In colonial times education was accessable as long as you could afford it. They learned the basics like reading, writing, and letters.

12 Food Peanut soup Shepard’s pie Bourbon balls

13 Webliography "Mr.Nussbaum Learning and Fun." Nussbaum Education Network.LLC. 2/22/2014. Nussbaum Education Ntwork,LLC. 31 October, <  "Colonial Williamsburg." Colonial Williamsburg Trades The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 31 October, <htto://   "Social Studies For Kids." October, <  Sage, Henry. "Sage American History." Colonial American History. 12/5/ October, < "Founding Fathers Of The United States." Wikipedia. 10/9/14. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 31 October, <


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