P2 Midterm In-Class Review

Period 2 In-Class Review                                                                                         Name: ___________________________

APUSH                                                                                                                                                                    Block: ____

Directions: You and your group will be working through this worksheet in class today.  Please finish the worksheet before leaving class.  The material that you will be reviewing together will be pertinent to your Midterm.

Section I - The New England Colonies

Directions: Use the chart below and your notes to help complete the tasks that follow.

New England Colonies General Overview
RegionColony (Founded)General EconomyBiggest $$$ ItemReligionAdditional Info
New EnglandNew Hampshire (1623, 1679)
  • Small Farms
  • Merchants
  • Furs
  • Shipbuilding
  • Shipbuilding
  • Fishing
  • Sustenance farming
  • Fur Trading
ProtestantsAbsorbed by Mass. 1641-1679
Massachusetts(1628)Separatist PuritanPuritan founded, Absorbed Plymouth and Maine
Connecticut (1635)ProtestantsFounders are outcasts from Massachusetts (differing religious ideologies)
Rhode Island (1636)ProtestantsFounders are outcasts from Massachusetts (differing religious ideologies)

Task: Label the New England colonies and shade them with a different color each on the map below.

Task: Fill in the chart below dealing with the four categories specific to this colonial region.

New England Colonies
CategoryEvidence Examples of this category (just list this evidence)Explain how the evidence you listed exemplifies the category for this colonial region
Religion
Economy
Society
Politics

Section II - The Middle Colonies

Directions: Use the chart below and your notes to help complete the tasks that follow.

Middle Colonies General Overview
RegionColony (Founded)General EconomyBiggest $$$ ItemReligionAdditional Info
Middle ColoniesNew York (1613 / 1664)
  • Farms
  • Some trading
  • Big city ports
  • “Bread Colonies”
  • Wheat
  • Staple Crops
  • Fur Trading
MixedTaken from the Dutch in 1664, inherited much diversity from many nations
New Jersey (1664)MixedMerged into one colony as royal colonies
Pennsylvania (1681)Quaker, MixedQuaker William Penn, founder, encouraged diversity

Task: Label the Middle colonies and shade them with a different color each on the map below.

Task: Fill in the chart below dealing with the four categories specific to this colonial region.

Middle Colonies Colonies
CategoryEvidence Examples of this category (just list this evidence)Explain how the evidence you listed exemplifies the category for this colonial region
Religion
Economy
Society
Politics

Section III - The Chesapeake Colonies

Directions: Use the chart below and your notes to help complete the tasks that follow.

Chesapeake Colonies General Overview
RegionColony (Founded)General EconomyBiggest $$$ ItemReligionAdditional Info
Chesapeake ColoniesVirginia(1607)
  • Cash crop farms
  • Some plantations
  • Few ports
  • Tobacco
ProtestantFirst permanent settlement of Jamestown
Maryland (1634)Catholic, MixedCatholic Haven founded by Lord Baltimore
Delaware (1638 / 1776)ProtestantTaken from Swedes, merged with Pennsylvania for a time
North Carolina (1670 / 1712)ProtestantExpelled from South Carolina, squatters from VA

Task: Label the Chesapeake colonies and shade them with a different color each on the map below.

Task: Fill in the chart below dealing with the four categories specific to this colonial region.

The Chesapeake Colonies
CategoryEvidence Examples of this category (just list this evidence)Explain how the evidence you listed exemplifies the category for this colonial region
Religion
Economy
Society
Politics

Section IV - The Southern Colonies

Directions: Use the chart below and your notes to help complete the tasks that follow.

Southern Colonies General Overview
RegionColony (Founded)General EconomyBiggest $$$ ItemReligionAdditional Info
Southern ColoniesSouth Carolina (1670 / 1712)
  • Large slave Plantations
  • Small Farms from ex indentured servants
  • Rice
  • Indigo
AnglicanLand grants to Charles II supporters, heavily loyal
Georgia (1733)MixedBuffer between Spain, colonies, 2nd chance colony

Task: Label the Southern colonies and shade them with a different color each on the map below.


Southern Colonies
CategoryEvidence Examples of this category (just list this evidence)Explain how the evidence you listed exemplifies the category for this colonial region
Religion
Economy
Society
Politics

Teacher Check

Directions: After you and your group have finished this Period 1 review, you will bring it up to me to be checked and discussed.  After your full completion and discussion, you will get a stamp below to indicate completion. You’ll keep this packet to help study for the Midterm, then turn it in the day of your midterm.  You will get credit for completing this assignment only if you have the stamp.

Check Stamp

Period 2 Midterm In-Class Review | APUSH |

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