At the completion of this activity you should be able to successfully answer the following questions:
 

• What was the economic situation in England in the 17th century?  How did this contribute to the expansion of settlement in the Colonies?
• What were the major reasons people left Europe to settle in the Colonies?
• What were the rules of indenture?  Why were people willing to sign indentures in exchange for boat  passage to the Colonies?
• What were some of the dangers or drawbacks that many of the early Colonial settlers faced?
• What is the climate of the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies and how does it affect the agriculture and/or industry that developed there?
• How did the physiographic features of each of the three colonial regions contribute to their development?
• Why did the slave trade develop in the Colonies?