My map shows many things but focuses in on the British settlements of the east coast of the United States. My map was created to show the thirteen British colonies and their major economic activities. My map includes the thirteen colonies and their founding date labeled, major bodies of water labeled, the major economic activities of the colonies labeled, a title, a key, and compass rose. We also created a carefully-crafted overview paragraph that captures the most important observations and inferences that the map provides about colonization in North America.
Overview Paragraph
My group made a map which depicts the 13 colonies, their founding dates, and their primary economic exports.
One thing depicted on the map is that general farming occurs in all thirteen colonies, which is important in understanding that there were no supermarkets where people can simply buy their food, people needed to make their own food. One obvious but important to understand fact is that most shipbuilding and ship supplies production happened along the coasts. Since transportation was expensive and difficult, products were made where they would be used. Another interesting tidbit is that production occurred very heavily in the northern colonies like Massachusetts and Connecticut, which is explained by the fact that they were established earlier than southern colonies like Georgia and the Carolinas. Something odd to understand is why tobacco is produced heavily, centering around the Carolinas and Virginia. This may be because there is a large bay here in Massachusettes, and because tobacco was so popular, it needed to be exported to other countries. These are only a few things which are detailed on our map.
