The 13 Colonies

Where did the very first colonists live?

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• New York, New York

• Charlotte, North Carolina

True or False: the Southern Colonies were industrious with an abundance of factories.

• True

• False

a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony

laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

a crop that can be sold easily in markets

trade route between three destinations such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies

The Proclamation of 1763 forbids colonists from settling_____________

• west of the Atlantic Ocean
• in their own colonies
• in Florida
• West of the Appalachain Mountains

"I have a small farm that grows enough food to feed my family. My son plans on joining the whaling business next month."

This speaker most likely lived in which region of the 13 colonies?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Northwestern

"I own a large farm that grows wheat. I sell this wheat to mills which they grind and make into bread."

This speaker probably lived in which region of the 13 colonies?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

Quakers settled the colony of ___________. They believed in religious tolerance, peace, and believed that everyone is equal.

• Georgia

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

• New York