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Colonial America

Grade 5 Social Studies Worksheet

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Read each fact. Circle the colonial region it is about.

  1. Charles Town was a busy southern port.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  2. Iron was made in furnaces in the region.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  3. Settlers hoped to grow rich from cash crops.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  4. Tobacco wore out the soil, so planters sought new land.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  5. Many towns grew up around a meetinghouse and a village green.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  6. Merchants traded fish and timber with the West Indies.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  7. Shipbuilding and fishing were important jobs.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  8. Jamestown, the first lasting English settlement, was here.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  9. Harvard College opened here to train ministers.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies

  10. Farmers sent grain and flour down rivers to the ports.

    • New England colonies
    • Middle colonies
    • Southern colonies
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About this worksheet

The thirteen English colonies fell into three regions that differed in land, climate, work and the people who settled them. New England had rocky soil, harbors and small farms, the Middle colonies had fertile land, busy ports and many peoples, and the Southern colonies had a long growing season, large plantations and enslaved labor.

On this fifth grade sheet a child reads ten facts and circles the region each one is about. Each version has different facts, and the answer key gives every answer.

What your child will learn

  • Name the three colonial regions
  • Link geography to the way people earned a living
  • Know the important towns and colonies of each region
  • Compare the regions

C3 Framework standard: D2.His.2.3-5

Worked example

Rocky soil made large farms hard to run, so the fact is about the New England colonies.

Common mistake

Mixing up the Middle and Southern colonies because both had good farmland.

Helpful hint

Think about the land and climate first: rocky and cold (New England), fertile and busy (Middle), warm with long seasons (Southern).

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Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with colonial america?

Mixing up the Middle and Southern colonies because both had good farmland.

How can I help my child with colonial america?

Think about the land and climate first: rocky and cold (New England), fertile and busy (Middle), warm with long seasons (Southern).

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