The 13 Colonies By Emily M. Founding Fathers John Adams was know for being the second president of the United States. Benjamin Franklin was know for.

The 13 ColoniesThe 13 ColoniesBy Emily M.

Founding Fathers

John Adams was know for being the second president of the United States.

Benjamin Franklin was know for inventing bifocals.

Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.

George Washington was the very first president of the United States.

3 Regions of the 13 Colonies

New England: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island

Middle Colonies: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware

Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia

What Made Them Unique

New England had fishing, whaling, trapping, shipbuilding , and logging

The Southern Colonies had rice, indigo, tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, and farming

The middle colonies had logging, shipbuilding,

textiles, production, papermaking, barley, wheat, oats, and rye

GamesThey played board

games, puzzles,

and card games

Jobs and Tools

Weavers grow in

prominence when

embargos ban

imported cloth,

silversmith had to

know how to shape

there materials

with artistic talent,

taste, and design.

For

tools

they

used

augers,

and

saws.

Clothing

Men wore breeches, unlined coats, and cloaks.

Women wore caps, gowns, and petticoats

Education

They practiced letters on slate boards, assembled educational puzzles, and girls sewed.

Homes

Rich colonists usually live in large homes and on plantations.

Poor colonists lived in small houses that only have one room.

Middle class colonists lived in small house but they were bigger than the poor colonists houses.

Food

Peanut Soup

Shepard’s Pie

Apple Tansy

Wassail

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