Date :__________________________________________ Period __________
Name(s)
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Goal: Break down the chapter as you read. Don’t rush. Stop and think about what you are
reading. Summarize the information as you go along. Many of the questions will ask you to
make inferences (to figure out information that is not directly stated) using clues in the text.
Hint: Be sure to read all directions carefully. Always be sure both partners have the
answers written on the guide.
Interactive Reading Guide: “A Nasty Triangle”
MAKING THIRTEEN COLONIES Pages 142-148
Partner One, read aloud Paragraphs 1 and 2. Partner Two, listen for reasons why the thirteen
colonies were different from each other. Working together, list two factors that contributed to
these differences.
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Partner Two, read aloud Paragraphs 3 and 4. Partner One, listen for facts about New England
farming and New England industry. As you finish reading each paragraph, pause to write down
the facts. Finally, work together to answer the question below.
New England Farming
New England Industry
How was Britain’s trade policy different for farmers as opposed to manufacturers who wanted to
sell their products to England?
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Both Partners, Read silently paragraph 5. Work together to complete the graphic organizer
below to explain the causes and effects leading to expanded trade with other continents.
CAUSES
EFFECTS
New Englanders needed ways to earn a living
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Settlers caught codfish and sold in Europe and Caribbean
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Began to build ships
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Sold wood and wood products
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Partner One, read aloud paragraph 6. Partner Two, listen for information to help you answer the
questions below.
Define “triangular trade”.
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Explain how people living in the new American
colonies benefited from the Triangular Trade
routes.
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Partner One, read aloud paragraph 7. Partner Two, read aloud paragraphs 8 and 9. Working
together, draw lines connecting the continents to show TWO of the triangular trade routes
described in the reading. Label some products that were exchanged. For example if you drew a
line between the New England coast, Africa, and South Carolina, what products might be
exchanged between those areas?
North America
Europe
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Both Partners, read silently the blue text under the drawing of the slave ship on page 144.
Together write down four important facts about slave ships.
Both Partners, Read silently paragraphs 17, 18, 19, and 20. Work together to complete the
summary below. Use the word bank to fill in the blanks. Each word is used only once.
Many colonial merchants took part in the _________________ trade, a network that followed
several different _____________. These trade routes connected the thirteen ________________,
Europe, __________, and the West Indies. Life for slaves living in the colonies was oftentimes
___________________. Black Codes were laws passed that said slaves were _______________,
not people. Between 1725 and 1790, the number of slaves in the American colonies greatly
______________.
WORD BANK
routes
increased
colonies
property
harsh
triangular
Africa
Both Partners, Read silently the two primary source ads below. Together, describe one fact
you learn about the slave trade or life for slaves from each of the ads.