Comparing the Colonies 🪶

Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: It had rocky soil, large forests, clean water, and very cold winters.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: The Dutch originally founded a colony to set up fur-trading posts. The British captured it so New Englanders could move west.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: At first, all men could vote. Later on, only men with property could vote.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: There was farming, lumbering, and mining.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: It had the Chesapeake Bay, good farmland, easy access to the sea, and hot and steamy summers.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: It had forests, the Delaware River valley, rich soil, minerals and coal, rivers, and cold and snowy mountains.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: Great Britain wanted to keep Spain from moving north, and some rich British men wanted to help debtors avoid prison.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: At first, only those who founded the colony could participate. Later, the king controlled the colony and allowed White men to vote for assembly members.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: There was small farming, lumbering, shipping, fishing, cattle, and trading enslaved people.

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Read the statement below & determine which category it belongs in: Puritans wanted a home where the could freely practice their religion.

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