13 Original Colonies Lesson

The 13 colonies

​The 13 colonies are made up 13 states.

Life in Colonial America

The 13 colonies are:

• The New England Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

Think about what you saw in the video. What was a main job kids had in colonial America?

• reading and studying

• helping with household chores

• hunting

• getting to school on time

The New England Colonies are:

1. Vermont

2. Massachusetts

3. Maine

4. Connecticut

5. Rhode Island

6. New Hampshire

Multiple Select

Think about the video. List three chores people had to do everyday.

• clean bathroom

• gather eggs

• tend to the garden

• take out the trash

• get water from the stream/river

The Middle Colonies are:

1. New York

2. New Jersey

3. Pennsylvania

4. Delaware

Colonial Life from Differing Perspectives

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Southern Colonies

1. Georgia

2. The Carolinas

3. Maryland

4. Virginia

Multiple Choice

Which family member took care of all the gardening, cooking, and cleaning?

• mom

• dad

• boy

• girl

Multiple Choice

Who was considered the "head of household" and did hard labor work like farming, building, and hunting.

• mom

• dad

• boy

• girl

Multiple Choice

Who would have been part of the "wealthy" class?

• family farmers

• landowners/ government officials

• indentured servants

• enslaved Africans

Multiple Choice

Which group of people were allowed to vote?

• all men

• all people

• only White men who owned land

• only people who worked in government

Multiple Choice

Which one of these items would a blacksmith have created (he was the man pushing coal into the oven).

• soap

• yarn

• tools

• bowls

Multiple Choice

Which one of these items would a silversmith have created (he was the man working with the silver cup and hammer).

• soap

• yarn

• tools

• bowls

Open Ended

If you were a Colonial artisan, what would you want to create?