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Geography New England Colonies
In the North Eastern United StatesMade up of hills, thick forests, and very thin rocky
soil.
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.