Mrs.

Brannon

Laila Brown

Instructions
This Digital Interactive Notebook is designed to help
you better understand the 13 American Colonies and
the era before the Revolution. It includes pages on
vocabulary terms, people, and key events of this period.

On each page you will see blue text boxes where you
can type responses. Simply click in the box and begin
typing to provide your response. You can also add your
own text boxes by clicking on the text box icon ( ).
You also will need to add images to various pages. You
can do this by clicking on the “Image” icon ( ) or by
going to “Insert > Image” in the menu.

Each text box can also be resized using the borders so

that each fits on your pages.
 13 Colonies Illustrated Vocabulary
Directions: Research each vocabulary term below and type your own definition in the 2nd
column. Then look for an image that best symbolizes it and insert it in the 3rd column.

Vocabulary Definition Image

Joint Stock Companies used
resources from various
investors to pay for voyages,
Joint Stock Comp
settlements and development of
any
colonies. An example of a Joint
Stock Company is the Virginia
Company of London.
The Virginia Company was
founded in 1606 by London. It was
Virginia Company created for finding new resources
in the “New World” and establish
an English colony.
The House of Burgesses was
the first representative
assembly, and colonists
House of Burgesses
elected people to make laws
for their colony which was
Virginia.
It was a document drafted by
the colonists in 1620,
Mayflower Compact detailing their ability for self
government while settling on
Plymouth Colony.
A direct democracy is a form of
government when people can
Direct Democracy actively vote on laws, instead of
electing policymakers.

Puritans were people who

wanted to get rid of the
Puritans Catholic tendencies and
rituals, in the Church of
 Jamestown Colony
Directions: The first permanent English settlement in the New World was Jamestown colony in
Virginia. Research more about the colony and the Powhatan Indians in the area. Then,
complete the graphic organizer below with pictures for each.

Jamestown Colony
Who Were the Settlers?

The Settlers were mostly English men, sent off by the

Virginia Company of London.

What Difficulties did

Some difficulties were hunger and famine,
diseases and conflict with the Powhatan.

Powhatan Society
Who Were the Powhatan?

The Powhatan were Alogonquian speaking

Native Americans. The Powhatan Confederacy
was powerful alliance of over 30 tribal groups.
They primarily inhabited Virginia, and hunted,
fished and farmed for a living.

How did they Interact with the Settlers?

The Powhatan and Settlers had a tense relationship.
They engaged in trading goods for European items,
eventually they had land disputes and cultural
differences. This led to the Anglo-Powhatan Wars
and a significant decline in the population, and the
Powhatan Confederacy losing power.
 Plymouth Colony
Directions: Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts was one of the earliest
successful British colonies. Read about the colony and the Pilgrims who settled it then
complete the graphic organizers below.

Who Were the Pilgrims?

What was the Mayflower Compact?
The Pilgrims were a group of English settlers It was an agreement signed by
who fled to the Massachusetts in 1620, and men on the Mayflower,
founded Plymouth. detailing the systems and laws
they would obey.

Why did they go to America?

The Pilgrims fled to America for religious
freedom. They believed that the Church of
England was too close to corruption. At the
time, if you didn’t follow the Church’s
demands you could be at risk of
persecution.

What difficulties did they face? What was the 1st Thanksgiving?
They faced a tough sea voyage, the The 1st Thanksgiving was a feast shared
winter of 1620 and conflict with Native with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people.
Americans. It was celebrated because the Pilgrims
had their first successful harvest.

Drag and drop the image of

Plymouth Rock onto the map to
mark where Plymouth Colony was.
Then, explain why this location was
chosen.
The Pilgrims chose Plymouth
because it had a good harbor for
their ships, fresh water nearby,
and land they could farm on. It
was also safer to settle there
since fewer Native Americans
lived in the area after a lot of
them died from illnesses.
 Comparing British & French Colonization
Directions: While both England and France explored and had settlements in North America,
their settlements became very different. After reading about French and English colonies,
drag and drop the characteristics below so that they match the correct region.

British Colonies French Colonies

Had representative governments Louisiana

Exports of tobacco, Colonies were mostly trading posts

rice, & cotton
Slow population growth
Colonies had royal charters
Quebec

Protestants & Anglicans Many fur traders

Montreal
Plymouth

Often hostile relations Along the St.

with Native Americans Lawrence Valley

Friendly with Native Americans

Maryland

Included slaves & Mostly Catholics

indentured servants
No elected assemblies
Rapid population growth

Why do you think the British Colonies became larger and more successful that the
French? Explain your answer below.
I believe the British became more powerful, overpowering the French, for a variety of reasons.
First, the British had more people migrating to their colonies for farms and towns, and displaced
many Native Americans from the land they used. The French focused on trading and had no
autonomy due to being controlled by the French king. In addition, the two settlements had
different climates, with the British colonies having fertile soil and rivers, and the French with
swampy Louisiana, affecting the agricultural opportunities.
 Comparing the Colonial Regions
Directions: As the American Colonies grew and more colonists arrived, each region
developed different characteristics. Complete the following chart with information you
have learned about each region.

Social Economic
Colonies Geography
Aspects Activities
The colonies
were very There was
The New adamant on fishing and
Connecticut,
England religion and whaling since
Rhode Island,
New New Hampshire,
colonies had family. If you they lived near
rugged land weren't in good the coast. They
England Massachusetts
and lots of standing with the also did small
forests and Puritan Church, scale agriculture
hills. they would be because farming
intolerant of your wasn’t best idea.
beliefs.

The Middle The Middle

The Middle
colonies were like colonies were
colonies had
the melting pot called the
Pennsylvania, more fertile
before America “breadbasket”
New York, New land and
Middle
was. It was a because of
Jersey, passable
blend of various financial
Delaware bodies of
everyone’s options. They
waters. It was
culture’s, along farmed, did
also a warmer
with religious lumbering and
climate.
tolerance. even did milling.

Although the The Southern

southern states colonies focused
pride themselves on agricultural
on hospitality, ventures. Crops
The Southern
South Carolina, that was not the like cotton,
colonies had
North Carolina, case in colonial tobacco and
rich soil and
Georgia, Virginia America. The indigo played a
humid
 The French & Indian War
Directions: : While France and England were part of a worldwide conflict known as the Seven
Years’ War, in America it became known as the French and Indian War. After reading about
the conflict, sort the events next to the correct year on the timeline by dragging and dropping
them into place. Then complete the box at the bottom.

1754 George Washington attacks

Ft. Necessity but is defeated.

Governor Shirley expels French The British are defeated in the

ettlers (Acadians) from Nova Scotia. 1755 Battle of Ft. Duquesne.

What impact did the war have

Drag & Drop 1756 on the American Colonies?

along the After the war, the Great Britain

timeline began raising taxes on the
1757 colonies. Consequently, the
colonists began boycotting and
protesting because of British
goods.
1758

The French surrender Quebec after

a battle on the Plains of Abraham. 1759

Montreal surrenders
1760 to the British.

1761

1762

The Treaty of Paris is

Chief Pontiac leads a rebellion 1763 signed, ending the war.
against British settlements.
 The Proclamation of 1763
Directions: King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 after Great Britain's
gained French territory from the French and Indian War. After reading about the
Proclamation, draw in the proclamation line on the map below, then, complete the boxes.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British, and it
prevented settlers from building homes on lands the west of
the Appalachian Mountains.

Why was the Proclamation

issued?

The Proclamation was issued to

prevent future conflict between
the Native Americans and
colonists, especially after the
French-Indian War. It was also
made to combine the British
power and avoid debt because
the French-Indian War was very
expensive.

What effect did the Proclamation have on the Colonies?

The colonies had resentment against the British because they believed that
there was no autonomy and led to more tension (American Revolution). They
also felt like fighting in the French-Indian War prior should’ve made it possible to
claim the land west of the mountains.
 Taxes Lead to Revolution
Directions: The Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, & Intolerable Acts (aka
Coercive Acts) were all passed by Parliament and met with resistance in the American
Colonies. For the Acts below, give the year they were passed, explain what they did, then
why the colonists were opposed to them.

The Sugar Act The Stamp Act

The Stamp Act was passed in
The Sugar Act was passed in 1765. It was passed to force a tax
1764. It was passed to raise on all paper goods like
money from the colonies to pay newspapers and cards because
off the debt of the French-Indian the British were in debt after the
War. The colonists responded by Seven Years War. There were
using slogans like “No taxation riots in Boston, targeting stamp
without representation” and also makers, and organizations
boycotted British goods. discussing these ideas, founded.
The Stamp Act was the first
direct tax on the colonists and
due to act forcing them to pay
for stamps for simple documents,
it was unfair.

The Townshend Acts The Intolerable Acts

The Townshend Acts was issued The Intolerable Acts was issued
in 1767 and had taxes on in 1774, to punish the colonists
imported British goods. It was for the Boston Tea Party. The
passed because the British port of Boston was closed until
needed money for its empire, the colonists could pay for all the
and to assert dominance over the tea overthrown. They reacted to
American colonies. The colonists this act by gathering 12
started making their own goods, delegates from the 13 colonies
like clothing and tea. The (Rhode Island did not attend) to
colonists believed that since discuss laws imposed by the
there were “no elected British and reassert colonial
representatives in the British rights.
Parliament”, they should not be
paying taxes forced by them.