Atlantic Trade Routes and the Colonies

Start with the two governments, then the colony types. Use the trade routes and social groups sheets to show how colonists lived and worked.

Sort goods such as molasses, rice and woolen cloth onto six Atlantic trade legs of the 1700s. The directions on the page read: Read the text about trade in the 1700s. Then use it to complete page 2. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade The Thirteen Colonies, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

In January 1639 settlers of three Connecticut River towns adopted the Fundamental Orders. Freemen elected a governor and magistrates every year, and each town sent deputies to a General Court.

They signed contracts to work for four to seven years in return for passage to America. The social groups sheet compares their rights with those of gentry, artisans, yeoman farmers and others around 1750.

In a charter colony, voters elected the governor as well as the assembly. In a royal colony the king appointed the governor, and in a proprietary colony the proprietor did.