Colonial America
13 Colonies Group Work
Group Questions
What is your region?
What colonies are in your region?
How long is the growing season? What crops do they grow? Do they have soil that makes it easy to grow crops? Explain
What types of jobs do people have? Why did they have these jobs?
How were the colonies formed?
What role did religion play? Were the colonies in your region tolerant of other religions?
Did they have slaves? Were slaves a major part of the region?
Who were some important people in your colonies?
What type of government was set up in your colony?
What are the three types of government set up in the colonies?
Did the colonies have an example of representative government?
Useful Links
New England Colonies - The American Nation
Middle Colonies - The American Nation
Southern Colonies - The American Nation
Task –
Create a Slides presentation with your group using Google Drive. The presentation must be a minimum of 7 slides and have information answering the questions on the 13 Colonies. An additional slide needs to be created to cite the different sources you used. The group must use at least 2 of the web sources below and the SS textbook. Your group must also find an additional source that is reliable. Each group member should participate in creating the Google Slides presentation and in the class presentation. When you start the Google Slides presentation the person highlighted in yellow needs to share it with this link -oconnork@pearlriver.org