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l.
Turn to pages 24-25 of the Atlas. Read the overview Match the economic activity to
the colonial region where it was most important.
Economic Activity
a.
b.
c.
Colonial Region
plantation agriculture
fishing
o
o
merchants, artisans
o
o
Southern Colonies
o
Middle Colonies
o
New England Colonies
h& History Through Maps
2.
Look at map A, "Thirteen Colonies." use the information to complete the following
timeline.
1732
1664
First colony is
established in
New England.
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Last Middle Colony,
Pennsylvania, is
established.
Places, Regions, and Landscapes
3.
Look at map B, "Fall Line Settlements." Compare it with map A. Use the information
to answer the following questions.
a.
Which mountain range is west of the British colonies?
b.
What type of land region surrounds most of this mountain range?
c.
South of New England, what land region is found along the Atlantic coast?
d. What are waterfalls on the edge of the Piedmont called?
e. Which city is located near a waterfall on the Savannah River?
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4.
Look at map C, "Religion in the Colonies," and map A. Use the information to
complete the following sentences.
a.
Church was the official religion of six of the
The
thirteen colonies.
b.
Puritan, or Congregational, Churches were supported by governments in the
Colonies.
c.
had no
Outside of the Middle Colonies, only
official religion.
were found in the Appalachian region.
d.
?1" Gathering the Facts
5.
Look at graph D, "Population by Colony," and map A. Rank the colonies by population
size from largest to smallest, then by age of the colony from oldest to youngest.
Population
Colony
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
?0,
1i-"
6.
Age of Colony
Massachusetts
Georgia
Virginia
NewYork
Pennsylvania
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Compare map E, "Colonists From Many Nations," with map C, "Other European
Settlements," on page23. Use the information to complete the following paragraph.
. The Middle
The New England colonies were mainly
Colonies were originally settled by the
and
settled in the western part of many
and
colonies. In addition to Europeans, Southern Colonies also had many
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Gathering the Facts
l.
Turn to pages 2€-127 of the Atlas. Read the overview. Also look at map E,
"Destinations of Atlantic Slave Trade." Use the information to complete the
following sentences.
a.
b.
Over
c.
Enslaved Africans in the Thirteen Colonies were found mainly on
Africans were sold into slavery in the Americas.
and the
Most were sent to plantations in
and in
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History Through Maps
Look at map A, "Triangles of Trade." IJse the information to complete the chart'
2.
Exports
Location
Imports
Africa
cloth, iron, tools,
weaPons, rum
British colonies
in North America
grain, cod
slaves, sugar
molasses
molasses, slaves
sugar, manufactured goods
rum, grain, cod
rum, grain, sugar
cloth, iron, tools, weapons,
manufactured goods
Europe
b& Time and Change
3.
Look at map B, "Sugar and Slavery." Write the year each event took place.
Event
a. First sugar plantation in the West Indies
b. Africans begin to replace Indian slaves.
c. First slave revolt in the New World
d. Most Caribbean Indians are dead.
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4. Look at map C, "Slavery in the British Colonies." Match the colonial region with where
slaves
worked in that region,
Colonial Region
Workplace
a.
Deep South (Georgia,
South Carolina) o
.
b.
Upper South (Virginia,
Maryland) o
. Indigo
c.
Middle Colonies (NewYork,
NewJersey, Pennsylvania)
Small farms, workshops
plantations, rice plantations,
households
o
o
Tobacco plantations, households,
small farms
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5.
Look again at map E. Rank the destinations of the slave trade from most people
transported to least.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
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British North America
Brazil
Europe
Spanish America
French Caribbean
British Caribbean
Thinking About History
6.
Look at graph D, "Slave Trade at Charles Town." Compare it with maps C and E.
Use the information to answer the following questions.
a.
Which colony is referred to in the graph?
b. What are the crops these slaves were forced to farm?
c.
How many slaves were imported in 1734?
d. How many more
e.
slaves were
imported in L774 than in 1754?
One African died for every eight that reached the Americas. fusuming the rate was
the same for Charles Town, how manyAfricans died being transported to Charles
Town inl774?
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Gathering the Facts
1.
Turn to pages 28-29 of the Atlas. Use the timeline at the top of the page to complete
the following timeline.
1776
Revolutionary
War begins.
French and
Indian War is
fought.
h& People and Cultures
2.
Read the overview Also look at map B, "French and Indian War." Use the information
to complete the following sentences,
a.
The French and Indian War was fought between the French and the
b.
The
and
c.
The
Indians sided with the British, the
Indians sided with the French.
won the French and Indian War.
d. After the war, the British reserved all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
for the
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History Through MaPs
3.
Look again at map B. Write the year that each of the following events occurred.
Year
Event
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
French defeat British at Fort Necessity.
French win at FortWilliam Henry.
British caPture Quebec.
Montreal falls to British.
British set a Proclamation Line.
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?0" Time and Change
4.
Look at map A, "North America 1754," and map C, "North America 1763." Compare
them with map D, "North America 1682" on page 21. Write 1682 if the description fis
that year, 1754 if it fits that year, or 1763 if it fits that year.
a.
b.
c.
French claim all of I ouisiana and New France.
French transfer Louisiana to Spain.
British and French both claim lands west
of the Appalachian Mountains.
d.
French lose most of their lands in North America.
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5.
Look at chart D, "British Thxes on Colonists." Connect the tax law with the item or
items it taxed.
Item Taxed
Tax Law
a.
b.
c.
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Sugar Act
StamP Act
o
o
Paint, lead, glass, tea
o Molasses
o
Townshend Act
o
o
Newspapers, legal documents, plapng cards
Thinkirg About History
6.
Look again at chart D. Also look at picture E and graph R "Tea Imported From
Britain." Use the information to complete the following paragraph.
were taxed for the
After the French and Indian War, the
first time.
ln
. To protest it,
1773 the British passed the
Bostonians destroyed crates of tea during the
British goods. Tea imports to
Other colonies protested by
pounds in 1773 to just 22,198 pounds
America dropped from
in
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