American History: Mr. Mize Name:_________________________________ 13 Colonies Map Activity Instructions: Color each set of colonies (Southern, Middle, & New England), using a different color for each one. Then label each individual colony correctly. Create a map key to correspond with your colors. New England Colonies: Reason(s) settled Economy Role of slavery Middle: Reason(s) settled Economy Role of slavery Southern: Reason(s) settled Economy Role of slavery Instructions (Pt. 1): You are a colonist living in one of the 13 English Colonies in America. Your family hasn’t made the journey across the Atlantic and you miss them very much. Life for you has had its ups and downs, but you would like for them to come. Complete the chart, providing information about one colony found within each colonial region. Name of Colony Advantages of Colony Disadvantages of Colony Life in the Colony Instructions (Pt. 2): Once you have finished the chart, choose one of the colonies above to pretend you live in and write a letter to a family member explaining why they should join you here in this colony. Use specific details about the colony you live in within your letter. _____________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sincerely,