Map of Colonial America. (Skills Master 2).Read the article "Colonial Heroines," on pages 16-19. Now, study this map of Colonial America in 1770. 'Use information you learned to answer the following questions. QUESTIONS 1. Massachusetts was located in two separate areas. What state now occupies the northernmost part of the former colony? 2. What was the only colony that did not border the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas ? Write the number "2" on this colony on the map. 3. Which colony shared a border with five other colonies? 4. What colony did Anne Hutchinson move to after leaving Massachusetts? Write the number "4" on this colony on the map. 5. Which colony was home to Phillis Wheatley and Abigail Adams? Write the number "5" on this colony on the map. 6. Which country controlled the territory that is now Florida? 7. Which colony was home to Eliza Lucas Eliza Lucas Pinckney (c. 1722–1793) was the daughter of Lieut.-Colonel George Lucas of the British army, who about 1738 removed from Antigua to South Carolina, where he acquired several plantations. Pinckney? Write the number "7" on this colony on the map. 8. In what city was the Declaration of Independence drafted? 9. Which colony controlled the area that is now Vermont? 10. How many miles apart are Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts? 1. Maine 2. Pennsylvania 3. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 4. Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. 5. Massachusetts 6. Spain 7. South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. 8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9. New York 10. about 250 miles |
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