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11.13 Colonial Regions and Regional Economies Worksheet

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Colonial Regions and Regional Economies: Choose the region, map pattern, or economic explanation that best matches New England, Middle, Southern, Caribbean, Spanish borderland, or French colonial development. Aligned to Broad national and selected state U.S. History alignment: C3 Framework; CCSS Literacy in History/Social Studies 11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; selected CA, NY, MA, FL, and TX frameworks where applicable. 11.13 - Colonial Regions and Regional Economies: Choose the region, map pattern, or economic explanation that best matches New England, Middle, Southern, Caribbean, Spanish borderland, or French colonial development. (C3 D2.Geo.1-7.9-12; C3 D2.Eco.3-7.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.7; APUSH Period 2; NAEP Themes 2-3; NY 11.1; MA U.S. History I.)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which explanation best synthesizes why colonial regional economies varied across North America and the Caribbean before 1754?

AOne factor, distance from London, fully explains every regional economy.

BColonial regions had no economic differences until after the American Revolution.

CAll regional economies were determined only by the crop preferences of individual governors.

DGeography, climate, Atlantic markets, labor systems, imperial goals, and Indigenous diplomacy combined differently in each region.

Solution & Explanation:The most complete explanation is multicausal: regional economies reflected environments, markets, labor arrangements, imperial aims, and Indigenous relationships.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Which statement best connects regional economies to later social differences in colonial British America and the Caribbean?

AAll regions developed identical class and labor systems because all grew the same crops.

BNew England's sugar plantations created the largest enslaved majority in North America.

CPlantation staple economies concentrated enslaved labor and large estates in the South and Caribbean, while New England and Middle regions had more small farms and towns.

DMiddle Colonies missions eliminated commercial farming and port trade.

Solution & Explanation:Economic specialization shaped social structures: plantation regions concentrated land and coerced labor more than regions based on small farms, towns, and trade.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Which comparison best summarizes three English mainland regional economies?

ANew England exported sugar; Middle Colonies relied on missions; Southern Colonies traded mostly in beaver pelts.

BNew England mixed small farms with maritime trade; Middle Colonies exported grain; Southern Colonies focused on staple-crop plantations.

CNew England grew rice; Middle Colonies built presidios; Southern Colonies avoided Atlantic markets.

DNew England, Middle, and Southern colonies all had identical economies and settlement patterns.

Solution & Explanation:This comparison correctly identifies the dominant economic patterns of the three major English mainland regions.

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