13 Colonies Travel Brochure
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Directions: Pretend that you are a travel agent working for the 13 English Colonies. It is your job to
get people in England to settle in the colonies. Create a travel brochure that will catch the eye of a
common European person. You will be promoting each region (New England, Middle and Southern)
within your brochure.
You will have 6 pages total.
All of the information that you need to have on each page is below. Follow the directions for each
page closely.
Page 1. Cover Page (15 points):
1. Write “Thirteen English Colonies” as a title.
2. Draw and trace all the 13 colonies (p. 86 or p. 119).
3. Write your name in the top right hand corner of the page.
Page 2. New England Colonies (20 points)
1. Write “The New England Colonies” as a title.
2. For each heading below, answer the following questions in complete sentences.
3. Geography (starting on p. 95)
a. Draw or trace a map of the region with the name of each colony. (p. 96) See
attached map to trace.
b. How long is the growing season? What was the soil like? (p. 96)
4. Economy
a. List at least three jobs in this region (look in your notes to find jobs) and five major
exports? (p. 96 on the map)
5. Religion (starting on p. 67)
a. Which two religious groups settled in Massachusetts? (p. 68)
b. Explain why these religious groups came to America (p. 68-71)
6. Culture (starting on p. 67)
a. List the founders of Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut and Rhode Island (pgs. 68-71)
b. One argument for why someone would want to move to the New England colonies.
Page 3. The Middle Colonies (20 points)
1. Write “The Middle Colonies” as a title.
2. For each heading below, answer the following questions in complete sentences.
3. Geography
a. Draw or trace a map of the region with the name of each colony. (p. 113)
b. Describe the climate and the growing season (p. 83)
4. Economy
a. What are two major cities in this region.
(p. 112-113)
b. List and draw a picture of two major exports of the Middle Colonies? (p. 112)
5. Pennsylvania
a. Who founded Pennsylvania? What religious group was he with? (p. 84-86)
b. Explain why many European countries came to Pennsylvania. (p. 86)
c. List the ethnic groups found on p. 115. Or copy the chart.
Middle Colonies #6 on the back…
6. New York
a. What country originally founded New York? (p. 83)
b. Name the governor of New Amsterdam before the English arrived. (p. 83)
c. Describe how a patroon attracted settlers to New Netherland. (p. 84)
d. How did New Netherland become New York?
Page 4. The Southern Colonies (20 points)
1. Write “The Southern Colonies” as a title.
2. For each heading below, answer the following questions in complete sentences.
3. Geography
a. Draw or trace a map of the region with the name of each colony (p. 107)
b. Describe the climate of the Southern colonies (p. 103)
4. Economy
a. List and draw a picture of three major cash crops from the Southern colonies?
(p. 107)
b. How did Southern planters meet their labor needs? How many were there in
America by 1750? (p. 105)
c. Explain how slaves were a part of the triangular trade. (p. 98)
5. Georgia
a. List 2 reasons why Georgia was founded (p. 86) & use your notes.
b. Who founded Georgia?
Page 5 (15 points) Divide your page into 2 sections
A. Title the top half “The Great Awakening”
1. Create an advertisement for the Great Awakening
a. Name two preachers who were involved (p. 131-132)
b. How did the Great Awakening affect religious diversity (p. 131-132)
c. How did it change America’s identity? (p. 131-132)
B. Title the bottom half “Benjamin Franklin”
1. Design a short bio of America’s first celebrity Benjamin Franklin
a. What city did he live in? (p. 132)
b. List two of his accomplishments. (p. 132)
c. Describe what Poor Richard’s Almanac is. List one saying from it (p. 130)
Page 6 (10 points) “Daily Life in the 13 Colonies”
A. Title this page “Daily Life in the 13 Colonies”
B. Divide your page into three sections.
1. Men
a. What jobs did farming men have to perform? (p. 129)
b. How big were families during colonial times? (p. 129)
2. Women
a. Name two things that women did during colonial days. (p. 129)
b. Name one thing that women were NOT allowed to do. (p. 129)
3. Children
a. What did boys have to do when they turned 13? (p. 129)
b. Describe two things that girls had to learn to do. (p. 129)