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The Thirteen Colonies to the 1700s
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
MASSACHUSETTS
(Plymouth, 1620;
Mass. Bay, 1630)
(1623)
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(1625)
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Economic Activities
RHODE
ISLAND
New England colonies
Massachusetts .........shipbuilding, shipping, fishing,
lumber, rum, meat products
New Hampshire ........ship masts, lumber, fishing, trade,
shipping, livestock, foodstuffs
Connecticut ..............rum, iron foundries, shipbuilding
Rhode Island ............snuff, livestock
(1636)
40°N
CONNECTICUT
PENNSYLVANIA
(1636)
r
NEW
JERSEY
(1660)
Po
to
Riv mac
er
Middle colonies
DELAWARE
(1638)
New York ..................furs, wheat, glass, shoes,
livestock, shipping, shipbuilding,
rum, beer, snuff
Delaware..................trade, foodstuffs
New Jersey ...............trade, foodstuffs, copper
Pennsylvania ............flax, shipbuilding
MARYLAND
(1634)
VIRGINIA
(1607)
P P
A L
A C
H I
A N
James River
R oa
n oke River
Southern colonies
35°N
Virginia.....................tobacco, wheat, cattle, iron
Maryland..................tobacco, wheat, snuff
North Carolina ..........naval supplies, tobacco, furs
South Carolina..........rice, indigo, silk
Georgia ....................indigo, rice, naval supplies, lumber
NORTH
CAROLINA
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Conn
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Hudson
La
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(1663)
SOUTH CAROLINA
S
av
GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER
1. Location What geographical feature determined the
(1663)
an
na
hR
ive
r
Sa
n t e e River
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
western boundaries of the Southern and Middle colonies?
2. Region How did the New England and Middle colonies’
economies differ in general from the economy of the
South? What may have accounted for this difference?
GEORGIA
(1732)
N
30°N
E
W
New England colonies
h
St. Jo
S
Middle colonies
Southern colonies
ive
ns R
Other British possessions
r
French possessions
Spanish possessions
0
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100
100
200 miles
200 kilometers
25°N
The Colonies Come of Age
80°W
85°W
75°W
70°W
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