Grade 2 | HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
WEEK 3 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 11–15
Read the matching lesson in the Week 3 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 15 is answered on your own.
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Day 11: What Is a Colony?
Colony facts
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Number of English colonies | 13 |
| Where they were | Along the Atlantic coast of North America |
| Who ruled them | England (later Great Britain) |
| Who already lived there | Many American Indian nations |
- How many English colonies were there?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Who already lived on the land before the colonists came?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain why the colonies were ruled by a country far across the ocean.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 12: Jamestown, 1607
Jamestown timeline
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1607 | English settlers arrive and build Jamestown |
| 1610s | Colonists begin growing tobacco to sell |
| 1619 | Lawmakers chosen by colonists first meet in Virginia |
- In what year was Jamestown started?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- What crop did the colonists grow to sell?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Give one reason English settlers came to Jamestown, and explain why it mattered to them.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 13: Plymouth, 1620
Comparing two settlements
| Jamestown | Plymouth | |
|---|---|---|
| Year started | 1607 | 1620 |
| Where | Virginia | Massachusetts |
| A main reason | Gold and trade | Freedom to worship |
- Which settlement was started first?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- How many years apart were the two settlements started?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how the main reason for Plymouth was different from the main reason for Jamestown.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 14: Many Reasons to Come
Why people came
| Person | Reason |
|---|---|
| A farmer from England | Wanted land to grow wheat |
| A merchant | Wanted to trade furs and earn money |
| A family | Wanted freedom to worship |
| A young worker | Wanted a new start and a job |
- Why did the merchant come?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Which person came for freedom to worship?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain why it matters to know that not everyone came to the colonies by choice.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 15: Independent Check: The Colonies
Letter from a colonist (written for this lesson)
Dear Sister, We have crossed the wide ocean and reached the colony at last. Father has been given land, and we will plant corn and beans this spring. Our family hopes that here we may meet to worship as we believe. I miss you, but I am glad we came. Your brother, Thomas.
Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.
- What will Thomas’s family plant?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Name two reasons Thomas’s family came to the colony.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Is Thomas’s family more like the Jamestown settlers or the Plymouth settlers? Explain using the letter.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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