SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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New Hampshire
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VIrginia
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Pennsylvania
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Virginia becomes a royal colony By the 1620s, nearly 70 percent of all the English settlers who went to Virginia had died. Although tobacco was starting to become profitable, the Virginia Company had failed to make a profit for its investors.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Southern colonies were Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. They were located south of both the New England colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut) and the Middle colonies (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware).
Detailed explanation-4: -The colonial period in Virginia began in 1607 with the landing of the first English settlers at Jamestown and ended in 1776 with the establishment of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Detailed explanation-5: -These colonies were the historical core of what would become the Southern United States, or “Dixie". They were located south of the Middle Colonies, albeit Virginia and Maryland (in their quality as northernmost colonies of the South) were also considered as the Chesapeake Colonies.