The English Settle In1600-1750

Students will understand who and how the 13 colonies were settled.

13

Geography New England Colonies

In the North Eastern United StatesMade up of hills, thick forests, and very thin rocky

soil.

Geography Middle Colonies

More rivers than the New England StatesBetter soilMilder winters

Geography Southern Colonies

Tidewater area: The water in rivers and streams rises and falls every day with the oceans tide.

Warm weather almost all year around

The Western BoarderAppellation Mountains

“Backcountry”In the back of the area where colonists settled.

Fall lineAbout 100 miles inlandWhere the land was higher and the rivers came down

as water falls.

Your TurnYou are going to become an expert on one of the

colonies.

You will work in groups, small ones, in class to make a presentation about one of the colonies.Requirements will be on the next slide and posted

on the blog.

What you are going to do.10 - 15minute presentation. Power point, video,

prezi, acting whatever takes 10 minutes, you can even have the class do something.

1 of the colonies

Who found it? Important people What charter did they have.

What and why they settled it. Religion, money or whatever.

Where is it? Which of the three regions, north, or south?

How did they make it into a permanent colony?

When? Dates of importance. Don’t go past 1750.