13 colonies Quiz

When the term "American colonies" is used today, it is usually referring to the 13 original colonies of (a)  

These colonies were formed after the Charter of 1606 issued by (a)   The charter gave the Virginia Company of London and the Virginia Company of Plymouth permission to settle in North America.

Each (a)   was allowed a specific area of the land to settle. The new settlement would serve as trade colonies for English merchants.

The new (a)   would serve as trade colonies for English merchants.

The 13 colonies were organized into ​ (a)   different sections: New ​ (b)   , the ​ (c)   Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.

• 3
• England
• Middle
• 4
• America
• Upper

New England included all of the colonies from ​​ (a)   northward. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, ​ (b)   and were part of New England.

• Conneticut
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• Georgia

The Middle Colonies included ​ (a)   , New Jersey, ​ (b)   , and Pennsylvania.

• New York
• Deleware
• Conneticut
• Georgia

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and ​ (a)   made up the ​ (b)   Colonies.

• Georgia
• southern
• New York
• Middle

New England had a ​ (a)   climate with long winters and a short growing season. Much of the area was covered in ​ (b)   and had poor, rocky soil.

• cold
• forests
• warm
• rainy
• desserts

This made farming very (a)   , especially on a large scale. Therefore, many family farms in this area were small.