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Founding the Thirteen Colonies: Leaders and Settlements

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

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Examine the establishment, key leaders, and motives behind the founding of early English settlements across North America.

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us-ma5.T1.4Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

On a map of the United States, locate the first 13 colonies and describe the impact of regional differences in climate on the types of crops that could be grown or harvested profitably in the Northern, mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies; describe varied sources of labor (e.g., self-employed colonists, apprentices, employees, indentured servants, free and enslaved Africans).