13 Colonies Webquest

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Directions: Complete the following questions using the link listed below. Click here to download the Word document Download 13ColoniesAmericanColoniesWebquest.doc

 

http://www.history.com/topics/thirteen-colonies Links to an external site.

 

  1. According to the first paragraph of the website, why was the story of the 13 colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) important in US history?

 

 

  1. The websites states that the 13 colonies served as a place for England surplus population. What reason(s) does the website provide to explain why England had a surplus population?

 

  

3. The 16th century was also the age of  ________________, an extremely competitive economic philosophy that pushed European nations to acquire as many colonies as they could.

 

  1. The first English settlement in North America was the Roanoke Colony.

 a. When did the Roanoke settlement occur?

 

 b. Who led the Roanoke settlement?

 

 c. What happened to the Roanoke settlement?

 

  

  1. In 1606, just a few months after James I issued its charter, the London Company sent 144 men to Virginia on three ships: the _________, the                        and the                               .

 

  1. Why did the Jamestown colony have a “rough time of it”, as suggested by the website?

 

  

  1. In what ways were the Jamestown and Maryland settlements similar? In what ways were they different?

 

 

  1. The first English emigrants to what would become the New England colonies were a small group of Puritan separatists, later called the ______________, who arrived in Plymouth in           .

 

  1. As the Massachusetts settlements expanded, they generated new colonies in New England.  Explain why these new colonies were created.

 

 

  1. In 1664, King Charles II gave the territory between ____________and                    , much of which was already occupied by Dutch traders and landowners called                              , to his brother James, the Duke of York. The English soon absorbed Dutch New Netherland and renamed it ________________ .

 

  1. Explain the creation of Pennsylvania.

 

 

  1. According to the website, why did people from all over Europe immigrate to Pennsylvania?

 

 

  1. Explain the division in the Carolina colony, in terms of its society.

 

 

14. In 1700, there were about           European and African settlers in North America’s thirteen English colonies. By 1775, on the eve of revolution, there were nearly          .

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