Chapter 2, Section 2: Life in Colonial America



Chapter 2, Section 2: Life in Colonial America

Guided Reading Activity

|Region |Climate/Geography |Settlers |Type of Farming |Industries |

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|New England | | | | |

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|Middle Colonies | | | | |

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|Southern Colonies| | | | |

5 W’s: Describe slavery in the Americas. Make sure to include information about the Middle Passage, slave codes, & slave life.

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Cause and Effect: Describe the causes and effects of the Great Awakening in the chart below.

Comprehension Questions

1. How was education different in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies? ___________________________

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2. How was education related to religion? _____________________________________________________________

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3. What impact did the Enlightenment have on education? ________________________________________________

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4. Besides formal education, how did the literacy rate in the colonies grow? __________________________________

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5. In which of the three types of colonies would the colonists enjoy the most freedom? Why? ____________________

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6. Describe how a colonial legislature worked. _________________________________________________________

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7. What were some of the raw materials produced by the colonies and what were they traded for? _________________

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8. How did Britain attempt to control trade and what affect did this attempt have on the colonists? ________________

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Colonial Regions

|Region |Colonies |Climate/Geography |Settlers |Type of Farming/Industry |

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|New England | | | | |

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|Middle Colonies | | | | |

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|Southern | | | | |

|Colonies | | | | |

Directions: Refer to pages 126-129 to complete the following chart.

Colonial Regions

|Region |Colonies |Climate/Geography |Settlers |Type of Farming/Industry |

| |Massachusetts |Long winters, thin rocky soil, |Pilgrims, Puritans, Protestants, for |subsistence farming, lumber, |

|New England |Connecticut |forests |religious reasons |fishing, shipbuilding, fur |

| |Rhode Island | | |trapping, rum, whaling |

| |New Hampshire | | | |

| |New York |Fertile soil, milder climate, wheat |Farmers, Quakers, and other |Wheat and other cash crops, |

|Middle Colonies |New Jersey |fields, busy ports/cities |Protestants. German, Dutch, Swedish,|carpentry, flour making, lumber, |

| |Delaware | |and other non-English settlers |mining, small-scale, manufacturing |

| |Pennsylvania | | | |

| |Maryland |Rich soil, warm climate |plantation owners, small-scale |Plantations grew cash crops – |

|Southern |Virginia | |farmers, indentured servants, slaves,|tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton, used|

|Colonies |North Carolina | |debtors, Catholics |slaves. Very little industry |

| |South Carolina | | | |

| |Georgia | | | |

Directions: Refer to pages 126-129 to complete the following chart.

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Causes

Effects

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