Name
Class
Date
History and Geography
The English Colonies
Agriculture in the Colonies
Colonists produced crops and livestock not only for themselves but
also to sell to England and to other North American colonies. The land
and climate of the different colonies determined the crops or livestock
colonists raised. Study the map below. Then complete the activity and
answer the questions on the next page.
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Agriculture in the Colonies
Furs
Wheat, corn,
and grain
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Tobacco
Timber
Rice and
indigo
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CT
Boston
RI
Flax
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Furs
PA
NJ
Iron
Philadelphia
Apples
MD
DE
Peaches
VA
Iron
Cattle
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Cattle
Furs
Furs
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New York City
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Charles Town (Charleston)
Savannah
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200 Miles
200 Kilometers
Albers Equal-Area Projection
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Name
Class
Date
History and Geography
Agriculture in the Colonies, continued
MAP ACTIVITY
1. Use a bright color to outline the southern colonies.
2. Use a second color to outline the New England colonies.
3. Use a third color to outline the sides of the middle colonies.
4. Refer to the chapter “The English Colonies” in your textbook. Find information
about the land and climate of each of the three regions of the colonies. Write the
information next to each region of the map.
ANALYZING MAPS
1. Place Which colonies produced rice and indigo?
2. Region Which crops were most widespread throughout the colonies?
3. Place What products were most common along the colonies’ western frontier?
4. Interpret Why do you think that shipbuilding became an important trade in the
New England colonies?
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Answer Key
The English Colonies
Primary Source–Journal of
Sarah Kemble Knight
History and Geography
MAP ACTIVITY ANSWERS
1. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
Georgia, Maryland
1. Answers will vary. She would need to fig-
2. Connecticut, New Hampshire,
ure how many miles a day she could cover.
She would need to make a travel budget
to pay for food, lodging, and a guide. She
would want to dress well to protect herself
from the weather.
2. Answers will vary. Students may mention her education and her ability to ride
a horse, her ability to endure the hardships of the road, her courage in making
such a long, dangerous journey, and her
adaptability to whatever the circumstances
required.
3. People could not travel faster than horses
could go. They had to stop to rest themselves and the horses because the conditions were difficult. The roads were not
very good. Sometimes they had to stop
because of bad weather.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island
3. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware
4. New England—harsh climate, rocky soil;
middle colonies—good climate, rich land;
southern colonies—warm climate, long
growing season
ANALYZING MAPS
1. North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Georgia
2. wheat, corn, and grain
3. furs
4. Shipbuilding became an important indus-
try in the New England colonies so that
supplies could be traded with the southern colonies and England.
Social Studies Skills
Primary Source–The
Sermon by Jonathan
Edwards
LEARN, PRACTICE, OR APPLY THE
SKILL
1. Maryland was promoting religious toler-
ance and the king had been overthrown.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
2. 63 years
3. The Hudson Bay Company formed to
1. He tells them that even if they lead a good
life and are religious, that it is not enough
unless they have been born again. He also
cautions them against assuming that they
can escape God’s anger.
2. He creates a vivid picture of the power of
God’s anger, linking it to the fires of hell.
Edwards makes his listeners afraid of what
they will suffer if they are not saved. He
describes people who are saved as happy
and hopeful.
3. He portrays Christ as merciful and loving,
while he describes God as fiercely angry
and lacking in mercy or compassion.
trade in the northern regions.
Focus on Writing
Students’ infomercials will vary.
Chapter Review
REVIEWING VOCABULARY, TERMS,
AND PEOPLE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
indentured servants
Mayflower Compact
staple crops
mercantilism
Stamp Act of 1765
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