Colonies ByKathleen T.

NEW ENGLAND Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

Know For• Fishing, Whaling, Trapping, Ship Building and

Logging

Middle Colonies

New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey

Know For• Agriculture, Textiles Production,

Papermaking

Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia

Southern Colonies

Know For• Farming (rice indigo tobacco

sugarcane cotton)

Shelter/Houses

Poor- Used whatever they could find that was available to make home

Middle- Lived in 1 to 2 room houses

Rich- Lived in Southern Plantations

Costumes/Clothes

Woman- Gowns, Stays, and Muffs

Men- Breeches, Hats, and Cravat

FoodPeanut Soup

Tidewater Chili

Collops of Salmon

EDUCATION

Practice Letters, Read Children's Books

Girls work on samples and mend clothes

CRAFTS OR GAMES

Rolling Hoops

Walking on Stilts

Cards

Tools

Hammers

Planes

Saws

Jobs

Milliner- Makers of shifts, gowns, aprons, hats and cloaks

Cooper- Creators of casks for everything from wine to gunpowder

Gardener- Fine gardens tools plants and colonial techniques

Founding Fathers James Madison

• Leader of House of Representatives

• 4th president of United StatesJohn Jay• 2nd Governor of New York• 1st chief justice of Supreme Court

Alexander Hamilton• Senior officer of Army• 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury

Benjamin Franklin • United States minster to France and Sweden • 6th president of Pennsylvania

Webliography

http://www.history.org/almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison

http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13regions