I have recently written about the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (England, Spain, and Portugal). Let’s skip ahead a few years to when Spain and Portugal hear about the New World so they head over and conquer what is now South America and Central America. A few years later, English settlers start to go to what is known as the 13 colonies. The settlers did not think that they could venture any farther, so the settlers settle. They split the land up in to regions. A region is a group of colonies with mostly the same attributes. New England, Middle, and Southern were the three regions (see how they were divided on this map http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/29/180929-004-E633429B.jpg).
In Ms. Bad’s class we had multiple discussions, read many texts, and researched a lot about the settlement of the colonies and about the regions. Each person got to write a brochure about one of the regions. Here are some fact I collected from different brochures made by scholars in Ms. Bad’s social studies class:
New England Region:
So guys, what do you like about the region you researched, and what cool facts do you know about the 3 regions? In the comments, tell us what you think the difference between a colony and a country is. If you want to know more about the thirteen colonies, just go to the homeroom page, click on the social studies tab, then go to all of the resourceful sites under American colonial life.
In Ms. Bad’s class we had multiple discussions, read many texts, and researched a lot about the settlement of the colonies and about the regions. Each person got to write a brochure about one of the regions. Here are some fact I collected from different brochures made by scholars in Ms. Bad’s social studies class:
New England Region:
- The colonies are Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
- Had a very strict puritan religion
- Very cold
- To make money, they had to rely on the ocean
- Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey
- There was a variety of possible jobs you could have in the middle colonies
- You could practice your own religion, but the dominant religion was the Quakers
- Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia
- It had very rich farmlands
- Catholics, Baptists and more religion
So guys, what do you like about the region you researched, and what cool facts do you know about the 3 regions? In the comments, tell us what you think the difference between a colony and a country is. If you want to know more about the thirteen colonies, just go to the homeroom page, click on the social studies tab, then go to all of the resourceful sites under American colonial life.