The document discusses the thirteen original colonies in British North America, dividing them into three regions: the New England colonies (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island), the Middle colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware), and the Southern colonies (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia). It provides brief information on what a colony is, where early settlers came from, who lived in the colonies, and why settlers came to America, focusing on religious freedom and wealth.

1. Thirteen Colonies
BRITTANY MALDEN

2. What is a colony?
 An Area settled by a group of people outside there
country.

4. Thirteen Colony Region
 The New England Colonies
 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
 The Middle Colonies
 New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
 The Southern Colonies
 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

5. Worksheet
Direction: Color the regions

6. Where did early settlers come
from?

7. Who lived in the colony?
 The New England colonies
Native American, Pilgrim and Puritans,

8. Why did settlers come to America?
 Religious Freedom
 Wealth

9. What was colony life like?
Worksheet on New England Colony life.