DSS QuestionsWeek of 11/12-

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Tuesday, November 12th

DSS Questions1. What were the three regions of the 13 colonies?

2. Which region was North Carolina in?

3. What state do we know today that was apart of Massachusetts colony?

4. What was the mother country of the 13 colonies?

Wednesday, November 13thDSS Questions1. What was the first successful English colony in the

New World?

2. Name three of the five Southern Colonies.

3. Who was the founder of Pennsylvania colony?

4. Who was the colony of New York named after?

Thursday, November 14th

DSS Questions1. What was the main reason for founding the New

England colonies?

2. What colony did William Penn lead and what was special about it?

3. Name two of the Quakers beliefs.

5th Period:Come in, take out your laptops and go to Quizlet.com

Good Morning Sunshines!Get your DSS notebook and your ISNs

and open to your chart from yesterday!

13 Original Colonies

Get out a pencil, a ruler from the back table and three colored pencils.

Colonies ChartCOLONY DATE

FOUNDEDLEADER(S

)IMPORTAN

T FACTS

Make a chart :• 4 columns across the top• 14 rows down the sides (one at the top for

titles, and 13 for colonies)I made each of my rows about 1 inch and

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3 regions• New England Colonies• Middle Colonies• Southern Colonies

New England Colonies• Massachusetts• Rhode Island• Connecticut• New Hampshire

Middle Colonies• New York• Pennsylvania• New Jersey• Delaware

Southern Colonies• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

Massachusetts• New England• 1629• John Winthrop

Rhode Island• New England• 1635• Roger Williams

Connecticut• New England• 1636• Thomas Hooker

New Hampshire• New England• 1623• Sir Ferdinand Gorges and John

Mason

New York• Middle • 1664• Peter Minuit (Dutch) and Duke

of York (English)

Pennsylvania• Middle• 1682• William Penn

New Jersey• Middle• 1664• Lord Berkeley and Sir George

Cateret

Delaware• Middle• 1638• Peter Minuit

Maryland• Southern• 1632• Lord Baltimore

Virginia• Southern• 1607• John Smith

North Carolina• Southern• 1712• 8 English Nobles

South Carolina• Southern• 1712• 8 English Nobles

Georgia• Southern• 1732• James Oglethorpe

New England RegionIMPORTANT FACTS:Motive for Founding:• Religious freedom

Economics:• Shipbuilding• Fishing• Lumbering• Subsistence farming• Manufacturing

Society:• Status based on

religion• Strict society

Government:• Direct Democracy• Conducted through

town meetings• Covenant community

based on religion

Middle RegionsIMPORTANT FACTS:Motive for Founding:• Money, trade, religion

Economics:• Small scale farming• Ship-building• Trade• Middle Class

Society:• More relaxed than New

England colonies• Strong middle class• Religious toleration

Government:• Democratic• Emphasis on culture

and religion

Southern RegionIMPORTANT FACTS:Motive for Founding:• Religious freedom (no

persecution)Economics:• Plantations (tobacco,

rice, indigo, cotton)• Near the coast• Trading• Hunting• Farming

Society:• Based on family status

(nobles) and land• Strict social classes

Government:• House of Burgesses• 1st elected government

in the colonies

House of Burgesses

House of Burgesses• First legislative (elected) government in North

America• Began in Virginia• Started by the Virginia Company

o Their goal was to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America to make the colony more inhabitable (livable) to the other colonists

• “Burgess” means an elected or appointed official of a city or town to represent the people living there (in a borough)