1. The Thirteen
Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies
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2. Curriculum Standards Grade 4
The learner will be able to identify major industries of Colonial America using a map of the original 13 colonies.

3. 13 Colonies
The first colonies in North America were along the eastern coast.
The first permanent settlement in North America was the English colony at Jamestown, in 1607, in what is now Virginia.
Other English colonies sprang up all along the Atlantic coast, from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south.

4. Jamestown

5. 13 Colonies
As more and more people arrived in the New World, more and more disputes arose over territory breaking out in wars.
French and England fought for control of North America in what Americans call the French and Indian War.
England won the war and gained control of Canada too.

6. French and Indian War

7. 13 Colonies
By this time, the English colonies numbered 13. They were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

8. 13 Colonies Massachusetts
Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)
Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord
Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place")
Massachusetts

9. 13 Colonies New Hampshire
Major Industry: Agriculture (potatoes, fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding)
Major Cities: Concord Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England
New Hampshire

10. 13 Colonies
Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat)
Major Cities: New York City, Albany
Colony Named for: Duke of York
New York

11. 13 Colonies
Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing)
Major Cities: Hartford, New Haven
Colony Named for: from an Indian word that means, "beside the long tidal river"
Connecticut

12. 13 Colonies
Rhode Island
Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)
Major Cities: Providence
Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island"

13. 13 Colonies Pennsylvania
Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy), Manufacturing (textiles, papermaking, shipbuilding)
Major Cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster, York
Colony Named for: William Penn and sylvania, Latin for "forest"
Pennsylvania

14. 13 Colonies
Major Industry: Manufacturing (ironworking, lumbering)
Major Cities: Trenton, Princeton
Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England
New Jersey

15. 13 Colonies
Maryland
Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, indigo)
Major Cities: Baltimore, Annapolis
Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England

16. 13 Colonies
Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)
Major Cities: Wilmington
Colony Named for: Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr
Delaware

17. 13 Colonies
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn)
Major Cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond
Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I
Virginia

18. 13 Colonies North Carolina
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco)
Major Cities:Raleigh
Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England
North Carolina

19. 13 Colonies South Carolina
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, cattle)
Major Cities:Charleston
Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England

20. 13 Colonies Georgia Major Industry: Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar)
Major Cities: Savannah
Colony Named for: England's King George II
Georgia

21. The 13 colonies were settled for a variety of reasons.
Summary
The 13 colonies were settled for a variety of reasons.
The two main reasons were:
Religious freedom/autonomy
Economic interest

22. 13 Colonies Resources Worksheet and Map Colonial America Movies
Interactive Map
Map Quiz
13 Colonies Printout:  Label Me!
13 Colonies Online Activities
Thirteen Colonies Summary
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23. The 13 colonies were
settled in the 1600’s.