Thirteen Colonies, Three Regions

Locate the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies on a map.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 43

After the explorers, England started colonies along the Atlantic coast. A colony is a settlement ruled by a faraway country. By 1733, there were thirteen.
The colonies are grouped into three regions. New England is farthest north: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
The Mid-Atlantic colonies were in the middle: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
The Southern colonies were farthest south: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Georgia, started in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, was the last colony!
The first lasting English colony was Jamestown, in Virginia, in 1607. In 1707, England and Scotland joined to make Great Britain, which ruled all thirteen.
Use the map key under the map to see which colonies are in each region.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS3H3.a — Identify key reasons why the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies were founded (religious freedom and profit).
MGS.6 — Map and Globe Skill 6: use map key/legend to acquire information from historical, physical, political, resource, product, and economic maps (developing in Grade 3)