Facts about the 13 Colonies

4. This colony accepted ALL religions.
6. Colonists used these to travel to and from England, carried spices and other goods to sell.
10. Fat of whale used for oil, oil lamps, and cooking.
11. A cash crop of southern colonies, made farmers rich, harvest dry leaves.
16. These colonies grew lots of crops, had great soil, and great weather.
17. Founder of Georgia.
19. Important resource in New England colonies, found in the ocean, large animals.
20. This crop was the main crop grown and the main ingredient in recipes. This helped the colonists survive.

1. This was the first colony created in Virginia.
2. These people controlled all 13 colonies.
3. Helped colonists learn to farm and hunt, fist people to discover land.
5. A cash crop of Southern colonies, harvested when white and fluffy, used for clothing.
7. Hard to find, expensive, most families did not use this for cooking, makes food sweet.
8. These colonies have rocky soil, cold weather, and relied on the oceans.
9. These colonies grew tobacco and cotton. Had great soil and the most slaves.
12. Used to dye clothing blue, expensive, grown in southern colonies.
13. Many farmers owned them and forced them to work without pay.
14. People paid these to the king to own land.
15. This killed many colonists and Indians.
18. There were many types of this. Caused people to not get along.