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The 13 English Colonies Chart

Analyze the chart to answer the following questions:

1. The thirteen English colonies were founded over the course of ______________ years.

2. List three different ways colonies were named.

3. What were the two most common reasons that colonies were founded?

4. What two colonies were founded in order to protect English interests from their rival, Spain?

5. What were the two most common ways people earned a living in the colonies?

6. What two other European nations controlled parts of these lands before the English?

7. The Puritans (Pilgrims) settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts to escape religious persecution in England.

However, once they were established, how did the Puritans’ religious policies cause new colonies to be

formed in New England?

8. Which three colonies promoted religious tolerance?

9. Why do you think there are no female leaders of colonies listed on this chart?

10. How did geography influence the way the different regions (New England, Middle, and Southern colonies)

developed?

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