Physical Features
If you wanted to be a whaler, which colonial region would best suit your needs? Explain one physical feature that makes it a good choice.
New England Colonies
Physical feature: deep harbors, access to the ocean for whaling and fishing.
If you wanted to learn about town meetings where men who owned property could vote, which colonial region would you visit?
New England Colonies (town meetings; property-owning men voted).
If you wanted to become a fisherman or whaler, which colonial region would be best AND why?
New England Colonies
If you wanted to grow wheat as a major crop, which colonial region would you choose? Name one physical feature that helps wheat grow well there.
Middle Colonies
Physical feature: fertile soil good for grains (wheat).
If you were a journalist covering a colony known for offering religious freedom and where many men could vote, which region from the supplement would you choose AND why?
Middle Colonies
(example: Pennsylvania offered religious freedom; over 50% of men in Pennsylvania could vote).
If you wanted to work in manufacturing such as sawmills, gristmills, or textiles, which region would you pick?
Middle Colonies.
If you were looking for wide, rich soil and a year‑round growing season to support large plantations, which colonial region would you visit? Give one physical feature that supports that agriculture.
Southern Colonies
Physical features: rich soil and year‑round growing season supporting large plantations.
If you wanted to study colonies that allowed colonists to make some of their own laws through colonial legislatures (assemblies), which regions would you investigate?
All regions had colonial legislatures where colonists could make some laws; examples include assemblies in Middle and Southern Colonies.
If you wanted to grow cash crops like tobacco, rice, or indigo for export, which colonial region would support that work?
Southern Colonies.
If you wanted to start a shipbuilding business that needs deep harbors and lots of trees for lumber, which region fits best? Name two physical features from the materials that support shipbuilding.
New England or Middle Colonies (but best: New England for lumber + deep harbors; Middle Colonies also had shipyards).
Features: dense forests for lumber and deep harbors.
If you were reporting on policies that created better relationships with Indigenous Peoples and accepted people of different ethnic backgrounds, which colonial region from the materials would you highlight?
Middle Colonies (policies accepted people of different ethnic backgrounds; some laws improved relationships with Indigenous Peoples)
If you planned to start trading furs with Indigenous Peoples and run a busy port city with shipyards, which colonial region would you choose?
Middle Colonies.
If you were researching Indigenous Peoples who lived in areas with dense forests and colder climates, which colonial region would you visit? Describe two physical features from the supplement that help explain how people lived there.
New England Colonies.
Features: rocky soil, colder climate, dense forests — these affected Indigenous lifeways (note: Indigenous Peoples lived across regions)
If you wanted to research how slavery and indentured servitude affected political life in the colonies, which regions would be the best to visit?
Southern and Middle Colonies.
Explanation: Indentured servants and enslaved labor were common; colonial legislatures and voting rules often tied to property ownership, which connected political power to land and labor systems.
If you wanted to run a large plantation that depended on large amounts of enslaved labor, which region would you move to AND describe two economic features that explain how plantations were supported there.
Southern Colonies.
Economic features: large amounts of enslaved labor, cash crop plantation economy (tobacco, rice, indigo); supportive industries like lumbering, tar, and pine.