Founders & Settlers
This colony was founded by William Penn as a safe place for Quakers
What is Pennsylvania?
This region had rocky soil, thick forests, and harsh winters, making farming difficult.
What is New England?
The Southern Colonies grew this major cash crop, which was labor-intensive and often required enslaved workers.
What is tobacco?
Colonial towns often had a building in the center used for meetings and religious services.
What is a meetinghouse?
This New England Colony held the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
What is Plymouth Colony (later part of Massachusetts)?
This colony was founded by James Oglethorpe as a place for debtors and poor people.
What is Georgia?
This region's colonies were known for their fertile soil and moderate climate, ideal for growing wheat and grains
What is the Middle Colonies?
This colony was famous for its shipbuilding industry due to its abundant forests
What is Massachusetts?
This group of people were brought to the colonies against their will to work on plantations.
Who are enslaved Africans?
This Middle Colony is home to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.
What is Pennsylvania?
his was the first colony established in 1607.
What is Virginia?
This Southern Colony was known for its swampy land and long growing seasons.
What is South Carolina?
The Middle Colonies were called the "Breadbasket Colonies" because they grew this staple crop
What is wheat?
Children in colonial times used this horn-shaped object to learn to read.
What is a hornbook?
The name of this Southern Colony means "Charles' land" in Latin.
What is Carolina (later split into North and South Carolina)?
Roger Williams founded this colony for religious freedom after being banished from Massachusetts.
hat is Rhode Island?
The Appalachian Mountains served as a natural western boundary for these colonies.
What are all 13 Colonies?
This Southern Colony was a major producer of indigo and rice.
What is South Carolina?
Many colonists believed in this religious revival movement in the 1730s and 1740s
What is the Great Awakening?
This colony is named after Queen Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen."
What is Virginia?
This colony was founded by Lord Baltimore as a safe haven for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
This colony is famous for its Green Mountains, but it wasn't one of the original 13 colonies.
What is Vermont?
Colonial merchants traded goods across this route, which connected Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
What is the Triangular Trade?
Colonial women often spun this material to make clothes.
What is wool?
This colony was the last of the 13 to be founded.
What is Georgia?