Geography of the 13 Colonies (8.10)
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This document contains guided notes about the economies and farming practices of the 13 original colonies divided into New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. It includes fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions about natural resources, cash crops, industries, and factors like climate that influenced different economic activities in each region. Key points covered are that New England's economy relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and mills due to poor farming conditions; the Middle colonies had diversified farming and cash crops like wheat; and the Southern colonies specialized in cash crops like tobacco and rice using plantation agriculture and slave labor.
Geography of the 13 Colonies (8.10)
- 1. Name: __________________ 13 Colonies Guided Notes Bell Ringer
- 2. Essential Question: ____________________________ ___________________________________________ 1. What two things prevented New England from being a good place for farming? A. B. 2. Define subsistence farming:______________________________ _______________________________________________________ 3. Small businessesin New England consisted of mills to grind________ and saw _____________. 4. ________________and _________________were located in larger New England towns. 5. The most plentiful natural resource in New England was its _________. This led to a thriving ___________ ______________business. 6. List 3 things that the economy of New England was based on: A. B. C. 7. Farming was productive in the Middle Colonies because____________ ________________________________________________________.
- 3. 8. Define cash crops:______________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 9. _____________ was the primary cash crop in the Middle Colonies. 10. Crops and livestockwere exported from the Middle Colonies using the ports of ______ _________ and ________________________. 11. Small businesses inthe Middle Colonies included _______________ and ___________ ___________________. 12. ______________ __________ and _____________were two big industries that developed in the Middle Colonies based on natural resources. 13. The population was more ____________ in the Middle Colonies than either of the other two sections. 14. Why were most Southern colonists farmers?___________________ ________________________________________________________ 15.Large farms known as __________________ were located along rivers in the Southern Colonies. Why?___________________________ ________________________________________________________ 16. There were many _________small farms than plantations. 17. Plantation owners had more __________ and ___________, therefore they controlled the _____________ and ______________ of the Southern Colonies. 18. Tobacco was the primary cash crop in: A. B. C.
- 4. 19. Rice was the primary cash crop in: A. B. 20. What was the primary reason that slavery developed in the Southern Colonies?___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________