The Thirteen Colonies Lesson Plan Amanda Draghi. Map of the Original Thirteen Colonies.
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The Thirteen Colonies
The Beginning of a New Nation
New England Colonies
• Founded 1630 Massachusetts • Founded 1636 Connecticut • Founded 1636 Rhode Island • Founded 1680 New Hampshire
Colonial families began to settle.
They built houses and farmed the land.
Saltbox houses were built in New England Colonies.
Middle Colonies
• Founded 1624 New York
• Founded 1638 Delaware
• Founded 1664 New Jersey
• Founded 1681 Pennsylvania
Families brought livestock to help work the farms.
Horses provided transportation also.
Southern Colonies
• Founded in 1607 Virginia • Founded in 1632 Maryland
• Founded in 1663 North Carolina
• Founded in 1712 South Carolina
• Founded in 1733 Georgia
Plantation houses were built in the southern colonies.
Southern colonists grew cotton on plantations.
They also grew tobacco on their plantations.