13 colonies Quiz

When the term "American colonies" is used today, it is usually referring to the 13 original colonies of ______________________________

These colonies were formed after the Charter of 1606 issued by______________________ The charter gave the Virginia Company of London and the Virginia Company of Plymouth permission to settle in North America.

Each _________________was allowed a specific area of the land to settle. The new settlement would serve as trade colonies for English merchants.

The new ____________________would serve as trade colonies for English merchants.

The 13 colonies were organized into ​ (a)   different sections: New ​ (b)   , the ​ (c)   Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.

• 3
• England
• Middle
• 4
• America
• Upper

New England included all of the colonies from ​​ (a)   northward. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, ​ (b)   and were part of New England.

• Conneticut
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• Georgia

The Middle Colonies included ​ (a)   , New Jersey, ​ (b)   , and Pennsylvania.

• New York
• Deleware
• Conneticut
• Georgia

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and ​ (a)   made up the ​ (b)   Colonies.

• Georgia
• southern
• New York
• Middle

New England had a ​ (a)   climate with long winters and a short growing season. Much of the area was covered in ​ (b)   and had poor, rocky soil.

• cold
• forests
• warm
• rainy
• desserts

This made farming very ___________, especially on a large scale. Therefore, many family farms in this area were small.