Name _______________________ Life in the 13 Colonies

Date ________________________
Homeroom ___________________

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Middle New England Southern

Plantations Shipbuilding England

1. The 13 colonies that became the United States were owned by what country? _________________
2. Colonists in the ________________ colonies drained swamps to create more farmland.
3. The southern colonies used slaves to work on their ____________________ growing cash crops.
4. _________________ was a major industry of the New England colonies.
5. Many colonists came to the __________________________ colonies to find religious freedom.

Political institutions

Massachusetts

Economy Society
Directions: Use your textbook to find information on your assigned colony and complete the graphic
organizer. When you are finished, write a summary of your colony on an index card.

Political institutions

Name of colony:

Society
Economy

Write a letter. Imagine you are a colonist in your colony. Write a letter to your family back in Europe
describing what life is like.

Dear ______________________,

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Sincerely,

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