1. 13 Colonies Activity

3. Vocabulary  Indigo: any of numerous hairy plants, a blue dye obtained from various plants.  Proprietary: belonging or controlled as property.  Debtor: a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another.

4. Georgia: 1733  Region: Southern  Political/Government: Royal  Economy: Rice, indigo and sugar  Geography/Major Cities: Savannah  Culture/Religion: Anglican  Original Purpose(s): Debtor colony

5. South Carolina: 1670  Region: Southern  Political/Government: Proprietary  Economy: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton and cattle)  Geography/Major Cities: Charleston  Culture/Religion: Anglican  Original Purpose(s): Trade and profits

6. North Carolina: 1653  Region: Southern  Political/Government: Proprietary  Economy: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco)  Geography/Major Cities: Raleigh  Culture/Religion: Anglican  Original Purpose(s): Trade and profits

7. Virginia: 1607  Region: Southern  Political/Government: Royal  Economy: Agriculture: Tobacco, wheat and corn  Geography/Major Cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Richmond  Culture/Religion: Anglican  Original Purpose(s): Trade and profit

8. Maryland: 1634  Region: Middle  Political/Government: Proprietary  Economy: Tobacco, shipbuilding, iron works, corn, wheat, rice and indigo  Geography/Major Cities: Baltimore and Annapolis  Culture/Religion: None (Anglican after 1692)  Original Purpose(s): Religious freedom for Catholics

9. Delaware: 1638  Region: Middle  Political/Government: Proprietary  Economy: Fishing, lumbering  Geography/Major Cities: Wilmington  Culture/Religion: None  Original Purpose(s): Trade and profits.

10. New Jersey: 1660  Region: Middle  Political/Government: Proprietary  Economy: Mixed farming, ironworking and lumbering  Geography/Major Cities: Trenton and Princeton  Culture/Religion: None  Original Purpose(s): Trade and profits

11. New York: 1626  Region: Middle  Political/Government: Proprietary, then Royal  Economy: Mixed farming, furs, shipbuilding, iron works, cattle, grain, rice, indigo and wheat  Geography/Major Cities: New York City and Albany  Culture/Religion: None  Original Purpose(s): Trade and profits

12. Connecticut: 1636  Region: New England  Political/Government: Corporate  Economy: Mixed farming, wheat, corn and fishing  Geography/Major Cities: Hartford and New Haven  Culture/Religion: Puritan  Original Purpose(s): Religious and economic freedom

13. Rhode Island: 1636  Region: New England  Political/Government: Corporate  Economy: Mixed farming  Geography/Major Cities: --  Culture/Religion: None  Original Purpose(s): Religious freedom

14. Massachusetts: 1630  Region: New England  Political/Government: Corporate  Economy: Mixed farming, fishing, shipbuilding, corn, livestock, lumbering  Geography/Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington and Concord  Culture/Religion: Puritan  Original Purpose(s): Religious freedom for Puritans

15. New Hampshire: 1630  Region: New England  Political/Government: Corporate, then Royal  Economy: Mixed farming, potatoes, fishing, textiles and shipbuilding  Geography/Major Cities: Concord  Culture/Religion: Puritan  Original Purpose(s): Escape for those constricted by religious and economic rules

16. Pennsylvania: 1682  Region: Middle  Political/Government: Proprietary  Economy: Wheat, mixed farming, corn, cattle, dairy, textiles, papermaking and shipbuilding  Geography/Major Cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster and York  Culture/Religion: None  Original Purpose(s): Religious freedom for Quakers; trade and profits