Focus on the Main Idea: By 1733 the English had established 13 colonies along the east coast of North America.
Questions to focus on throughout the lesson:
1 What land feature most likely deterred the colonists from attempting to settle farther west?
2 How would people with inland farms benefit from the rivers that connected their farms to ports on the coast?
3. How many colonies are in each region?
4. How were the Purtains' attitudes about religious freedom similar to those expressed in England?
5 What were the reasons Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts?
6 Why did the fur trade attract many people to New Netherlands?
7 How were New York and New Jersey established?
8. Why was Philadelphia an appropriate name for the main settlement of Penn's colony?
9 What religious groups founded Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts?
10 Which of the Southern Colonies were controlled by proprietors?
11 How did the background of many Georgia colonists differ from the background of people in other colonies?
12 Which of the 13 English Colonies was founded last?
13 Which region has the longest growing season?
Answers to the questions throughout the lesson:
1. The Appalachian Mountains.
2 They could easily transport their goods by river to the ports, where ships could then transport the goods elsewhere to be sold.
3 New England-four; Middle-four: Southern five.
4 Both places restricted religious freedom and required citizens to follow the church rules.
5 Williams and Hutchinson were forced out because of religious conflict, and Hooker left in search of religious and political freedom and good farm land.
6 There was probably a large demand for furs, so fur trading was very profitable.
7 New Netherland was renamed New York after it was captured by the English; a part of New York was later used to establish the colony of New Jersey.
8 It meant 'city of brotherly love' and Penn wanted it to be a place where people from different nations and of all religions could live together in peace.
9 Maryland - Catholics; Pennsylvania - Quakers; Massachusetts - Pilgrims & Puritans.
10 Maryland and Carolinas.
11 Georgia had proprietors to fund the state.
12 Georgia was founded last.
13 The Southern states had the longest growing season.