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Maps ofAmerica the BeautifulA Student-Created Historical Atlas of the United States

Bethany Poore

Maps of America the BeautifulA Student-Created Historical Atlas of the United States

by Bethany Poore

ISBN 978-1-60999-013-8

This work contains original maps drawn for this publication by Bethany Poore.

Copyright © 2011 Notgrass Company. All rights reserved.Published in the United States of America.

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Maps of America the Beautiful was designed to help you learn about and remember places youread about in the lessons of America the Beautiful. As you complete the assignments in Maps ofAmerica the Beautiful, you are creating your own historical atlas of the United States. It will beuseful in this present study and as you study American history and geography in the future. Doyour best and neatest work as you color and identify places in this map book. As you carefullycreate your historical atlas, you will make a beautiful and useful book of which you can be proud.

Many lessons in America the Beautiful have a corresponding map in Maps of America theBeautiful. When there is a corresponding map, the map number will be listed in the heading ofthe lesson. Turn to page 2 in America the Beautiful. Notice that the heading for Lesson 1 looks likethis:

Before you read Lesson 1, turn to Map 1 in this map book. Refer to Map 1 while you read thelesson.

A list of activities follows Lesson 1. One of these activities is the map assignment for Lesson1. Look at the assignments on the page after this page in Maps of America the Beautiful. There youwill find instructions to follow to complete Map 1. Complete the assignments in the order theyare given.

Some maps are completed on one day, while others are completed slowly over the course ofthe entire year. Turn to Map 2 to see an example of this. Notice that there are many instructionsfor Map 2. Look at the assignment for Lesson 13. When you reach Lesson 13 in your study ofAmerica the Beautiful, you will use Map 2 while you are reading the lesson. After the lesson, youwill complete only the assignment for Lesson 13. After you read Lesson 20, you will completeonly the assignment for Lesson 20. By the end of the course, you will have finished Map 2.

You should use colored pencils to complete each assignment in Maps of America the Beautiful.Regular crayons will be too thick. During the course, you will need each of these colors:

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, gray, and brownA quality colored pencil brand like Prismacolor® is highly recommended.

When you are coloring in a shape, color neatly and completely, solidly but not too hard.When you circle one or more words, make your circles (or ovals) neat and complete. When youare instructed to trace along a line, trace just beside the line so that the color will be visible.

Map

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e B

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iful

Lesson 1 Assignments:

1. The Atla

ntic Ocean is east o

f the United States. D

raw blue waves in th

e Atla

ntic Ocean

.

2. The Pacific Ocean is on the west side of th

e United States. D

raw blue waves in th

e Pa

cific Ocean

.

3. The M

ississippi River is th

e largest river in N

orth America. Trace over the line of the M

ississippi River in green.

4. The M

ississippi River flow

s into th

e Gulf o

f Mexico. Draw blue waves in th

e Gulf o

f Mexico.

5. America’s main eastern mou

ntain chain is th

e App

alachian M

ountains. C

olor th

e App

alachian M

ountains brown.

6. America’s main western m

ountain chain is th

e Ro

cky Mou

ntains. C

olor th

e Ro

cky Mou

ntains orang

e.

7. The Great Lakes are America’s largest lake system

. Color th

e Great Lakes blue.

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Mississip

pi River

Gulf of Mexico

Appal

achian Moun

tains

Great Lakes

Rocky M

ountain

s

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Lesson 13: The Great Lakes of n

orthern America

contain abou

t 20 percent of the world’s fresh

water. C

olor in th

e Great Lakes w

ith blue.

Lesson 20: Cap

e Cod

, Martha’s Vineyard, and

Nan

tucket are filled with historic an

d beau

tiful

places. C

olor in the box con

taining Cap

e Cod

, Martha’s V

ineyard, and Nan

tucket with yellow.

Lesson 28:

The

Chesape

ake

Bay

has

an

abun

dance of b

irds, fish, and o

ther w

ildlife.

Circle the words Chesape

ake Ba

y with purple.

Lesson 34: T

he A

ppalachian M

ountains p

ass

throug

h most states in the eastern United States.

They w

ere the first w

estern frontier settled by

early

American

s. Color the

App

alachian

Mou

ntains green.

Lesson 42: M

ammoth Cave in K

entucky is the

largest k

nown cave system in th

e world. C

ircle

the words M

ammoth Cave with black.

Lesson 52: The M

ississippi River is the la

rgest

river

in North America, extend

ing

from

northern M

innesota to th

e Gulf o

f Mexico. Trace

alon

g the Mississippi River w

ith blue.

Lesson 59: N

iagara Falls is a 188‐fo

ot drop on

the Niagara River and spreads over the bo

rder

betw

een the United States and C

anad

a. C

ircle

the words N

iagara Falls w

ith yellow.

Lesson 62:

Crater

Lake in the

Cascade

Mou

ntains of s

outhern Orego

n was fo

rmed by

an ancient volcanic erup

tion. C

ircle the words

Crater L

ake with blue.

Lesson 72: T

he w

onde

rlan

d of Y

ellowston

e Nationa

l Park was se

t aside by the United States

government

in

1872.

Circle

the

word

Yello

wston

e with black.

Lesson 82: The U

nited States gov

ernm

ent ha

s set a

side th

e won

ders God created in Yosem

ite

and Sequ

oia Nationa

l Parks in Califo

rnia. C

ircle

the words Yosem

ite and Sequo

ia w

ith pink.

Lesson 87: The farmland

s of Illino

is, Indian

a,

Iowa, K

ansas, M

ichigan, M

innesota, M

issouri,

Nebraska, N

orth D

akota, O

hio, Sou

th D

akota,

and

Wisconsin

are

called

America’s

Breadb

asket.

Trace

alon

g the

dotte

d lin

e enclosing theses states with brown.

Lesson 94: G

lacier N

ationa

l Pa

rk in Mon

tana

was designa

ted America’s tenth na

tiona

l pa

rk

on M

ay 11, 1910. Circle the word Glacier w

ith

pink

.

Lesson 100: A

lmost five million visitors co

me to

Grand Can

yon Nationa

l Park in A

rizona every

year. C

ircle the words Grand Can

yon with re

d.

Lesson 104: President Grover Cleveland first

established

the Black Hills Fo

rest R

eserve of

South Dakota in 1897. C

ircle the words Black

Hills with black.

Lesson 110: Th

e wild

erness of Olympic

Nationa

l Pa

rk c

overs

most of the O

lympic

Peninsula,

on

the

northw

estern

tip

of

Washing

ton

State. C

ircle the words O

lympic

Peninsula with brown.

Lesson 118: A

rizona

’s Petrifie

d Fo

rest is one of

the

world’s largest collections of pe

trified

woo

d. C

ircle the words Petrifie

d Fo

rest w

ith

oran

ge.

Lesson 129: Great Ba

sin

Nationa

l Pa

rk

preserves a pa

rt of a large region of diverse

land

scap

e kn

own as th

e Great Basin. C

ircle the

words G

reat Basin N

P with orang

e. The Great

Salt La

ke is to

o salty to sup

port fish and m

ost

other w

ater animals a

nd plants. Color th

e Great

Salt La

ke blue.

Lesson 134: Man

y agricultu

ral prod

ucts are

grow

n in th

e Great Central Valley of Califo

rnia.

Color th

e Great Central Valley green.

Lesson 138: Mou

nt Saint H

elens erup

ted

on

May 18, 1980, su

ddenly ch

anging th

e land

scap

e of h

undred

s of squ

are miles surrou

nding it.

Circle the words M

ount Saint Helens w

ith gray.

Lesson 142: Th

e Ev

erglad

es o

f Florida

are

preserved in Everglade

s Nationa

l Park, w

hich

is the largest sub

trop

ical w

ilderness in

the

United States and hom

e to m

any rare sp

ecies o

f wild

life. Color the

shad

ed area of the

Everglad

es green.

Lesson 147: Th

e Ro

cky

Mou

ntains are

America’s

largest

mou

ntain

chain, cutting

across the W

est beginn

ing

in C

anad

a an

d continuing sou

th in

to N

ew M

exico. C

olor the

Rocky Mou

ntains gray.

Great Lakes

Lake Superior Lake Michigan

Lake Hur

on

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Cap

e Cod

,Martha’s

Vineyard,

& N

antucket

Chesapeake Bay

Mam

moth

Cave

A p p a l a c h i a n

M t n s.

Mississippi River Mis

sissippi

River

Mississippi River

Niagara Falls

Crater Lake

Yellowstone

Yosemite Sequoia

Glacier

Grand

Can

yon

Black

Hills

Olympic

Peninsula

Petrified

Forest

Great Basin

NP

Great Salt

Lake

Great Central Valley

Mou

nt Saint H

elens

Everglad

es

R o c k y

M o u n t a

i n s

Washing

ton

Orego

n

Califo

rnia

Nevad

a

ArizonaUtah

New M

exico

Colorad

o

Wyo

ming

Idah

o

Mon

tana

North Dakota

South Dakota

Nebraska

Kan

sas

Oklah

oma

Texas

Louisiana

Arkan

sas

Missouri

Iowa

Minnesota

WisconsinM

ichigan

Michigan

Illinois

Indian

a

Ohio

Kentucky

Tenn

essee

Mississippi

Alabama

Georgia Florida

South

CarolinaNorth

Carolina

Virginia

West V

irginia

Penn

sylvania M

aryland

Delaw

are

New Jersey

New

York

Con

necticut

Rho

de Island

Massachusetts

Maine

Vermon

tNew H

ampshire

Gulf of

Mexico

Atlantic

Ocean

Pacific

Ocean

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Lesson 9: Th

e Cliff Pa

lace in

Colorad

o was a

Native

American v

illage

man

y centuries ago.

Circle the words Cliff P

alace with brown.

Lesson 10: St. Aug

ustin

e, Florida

, is the oldest city

in A

merica established by Europ

eans. C

ircle the

words St. Aug

ustin

e with pink.

Lesson 14:

The

Pilgrims

established

the

settlem

ent o

f Plymou

th, M

assachusetts. C

ircle the

word Plym

outh w

ith re

d.

Lesson 25: Williamsburg, Virginia, was the

capital of the V

irginia colony

. Circle the word

Williamsburg with blue.

Lesson 29: B

oston

in M

assachusetts w

as the

center o

f man

y im

portan

t events in

the early

history of A

merica. Circle the word Bo

ston w

ith

gray.

Lesson 33: The Declaratio

n of In

depe

ndence and

the

U.S.

Con

stitu

tion

were

writte

n in

Phila

delphia, Pe

nnsylvan

ia.

Circle

the

word

Phila

delphia with orang

e.Lesson 39: T

he G

atew

ay A

rch

is in

St. Lo

uis,

Missouri. Circle the words G

atew

ay A

rch with

gray.

Lesson 43: The Erie Can

al in N

ew York benefited

settlem

ent

and

trad

e in nineteenth‐century

America. Circle the words Erie C

anal with orang

e.Lesson 48: The Alamo is th

e site of a m

ission and

a battle in the w

ar between Te

xas an

d Mexico.

Circle the word Alamo with brown.

Lesson 53: N

atchez, M

ississippi, is an example of

life in the old plantation era of th

e South. Circle

the word Natchez w

ith green.

Lesson 58:

The

Smith

sonian Institu

tion

in

Washing

ton, D

.C., was begun w

ith a m

ysteriou

s gift from Ja

mes Smith

son, an En

glishm

an. C

ircle

the word Sm

ithsonian w

ith gray.

Lesson 63: M

aine’s Portla

nd H

ead Ligh

t was first

commission

ed by George Washing

ton. C

ircle the

words Portla

nd H

ead Ligh

t with re

d.

Lesson 67: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was th

e site

of a C

ivil War battle July 1‐3, 1863. C

ircle the

word Gettysburg with purple.

Lesson 73: T

he T

ranscontinental Ra

ilroad

was

completed at Prom

ontory Point in Utah. C

ircle

the words Promon

tory Point w

ith gray.

Lesson 77: Th

e first Carnegie

Library

was

established at Bradd

ock, Pennsylvania. Circle the

word Brad

dock w

ith pink.

Lesson 84: O

ne o

f the nickna

mes o

f Chicago

, Illinois, is the Windy C

ity. Und

erlin

e the word

Chicago w

ith black.

Lesson 88: The Statue of L

iberty in New Y

ork

harbor g

reeted m

any

American immigrants as

they h

eade

d for Ellis Islan

d. C

ircle the words

Statue of L

iberty/Ellis Island w

ith purple.

Lesson 92:

The

Nationa

l Mall

contains

mon

uments

and

build

ings

impo

rtan

t in

America’s pa

st and present. Th

e Nationa

l Mall

and Nationa

l Cathedral are in W

ashing

ton, D

.C.

Circle the words W

ashing

ton, D.C. w

ith blue.

Lesson 99: Father Ed

ward Flan

agan began Boy

s To

wn in 1921 near O

mah

a, N

ebraska. Circle the

words Boy

s Tow

n with orang

e.Lesson 103: Detroit, Michigan, is nickna

med

Motor C

ity b

ecau

se o

f its impo

rtan

ce in

the

American autom

obile ind

ustry. C

ircle the word

Detroit with yellow.

Lesson 108: The Golde

n Gate Bridge in Califo

rnia

was com

pleted in 1937. Circle the words Golde

n Gate Bridge w

ith re

d.

Lesson 115: N

ew York City

, lon

g America’s m

ost

popu

lous city

, is n

ickn

amed T

he B

ig A

pple.

Circle the words N

ew York City w

ith black.

Lesson 117: R

oute 66 began in Chicago

, Illino

is,

and ende

d in Los A

ngeles, C

alifo

rnia. C

ircle the

words Chicago and Los Ang

eles w

ith re

d.Lesson 123: L

ittle Rock Central H

igh Scho

ol in

Arkan

sas w

as th

e site of an historic ch

apter in the

Civil Righ

ts M

ovem

ent in A

merica. C

ircle the

words Little Rock Central H

igh Scho

ol w

ith re

d.Lesson 128: T

wo places claim the distin

ction of

having the first sectio

n of Interstate high

way.

Both are along I‐70. C

ircle the words St. Cha

rles

Co. (M

issouri) an

d To

peka (K

ansas) w

ith blue.

Lesson 132: T

he M

arshall S

pace Flig

ht Center in

Alabama

has

been invo

lved with man

y of

NASA

’s space

mission

s. Circle

the

words

Marshall Spa

ce Flig

ht Center w

ith blue.

Lesson 137: T

he Reagan Library in Sim

i Valley,

Califo

rnia,

houses

a museu

m

and

the

presidentia

l records of R

onald Re

agan

. Circle the

words Reagan Library with purple.

Lesson 143: T

he U

nited States M

int at D

enver,

Colorad

o, w

as established

in 1863. C

ircle the

words United States M

int w

ith yellow.

Lesson 149:

The

Ryman

Aud

itorium

in

Nashv

ille, Tennessee, is an im

portan

t site in th

e history

of A

merican m

usic. Circle the words

Ryman Aud

itorium w

ith brown.

Cliff P

alace

St. A

ugustin

e

Plym

outh

Williamsburg

Smith

sonian

Boston

Phila

delphia

Gatew

ay

Arch

Erie Canal

Alamo

Natchez

Portland

Head Ligh

t

Gettysburg

Prom

ontory

Point

Brad

dock

Chicago

Statue of L

iberty/

Ellis Island

Washing

ton, D.C.

Boys Tow

n

Detroit

Golde

n Gate

Bridge

New York City

Los Ang

eles

Little Rock Central

High Scho

ol

St. C

harles Co.

Tope

ka

Marshall Spa

ce

Flight Center

Reagan Library

United States M

int

Ryman Aud

itorium

Washing

ton

Orego

n

Califo

rnia

ArizonaUtah

Idah

o

Mon

tana

Wyo

ming

Colorad

o

New M

exico

TexasOklah

oma

Kan

sas

Nebraska

North Dakota

South Dakota

Minnesota

Iowa Missouri

Louisian

aMississippi

Arkan

sas

Alabama

Florida

Georgia

Tenn

essee

Kentucky

Indian

aIllinois

Ohio

Wisconsin

Michigan

Michigan

South

Carolina

North Carolina

Virginia

West

VirginiaPe

nnsylvan

iaNew

York

Vermont

New Hampshire

Maine

Massachusetts

Con

necticut

Rhod

e Island

New J

ersey

Delaw

are

Maryland

Nevad

a

Pacific

Ocean

Gulf of

Mexico

Atlantic

Ocean

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Map 4 - Native Peoples of North America

Lesson 2 Assignments:1. The Bering Sea lies between Russia and Alaska. Draw blue waves in the Bering Sea.2. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of North America. Circle the words Pacific Ocean with green.3. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the east of North America. Circle the words Atlantic Ocean with

yellow.4. The Gulf of Mexico lies between Mexico and the United States of America. Circle the words

Gulf of Mexico with black.5. The Northwest Coast natives lived in the region from southern Alaska to northern California.

Color the Northwest Coast region orange.6. The California natives lived in what is now California and the Baja California region of

Mexico. Color the California region purple.

Lesson 3 Assignments:1. The Plateau natives lived between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. Color

the Plateau region green.2. A few tribes lived as nomads in the Great Basin region. Color the Great Basin region brown.

Lesson 4 Assignment:The Southeast Woodlands tribes lived in the area that now includes the southeastern United

States. Color the Southeast Woodlands region red.

Lesson 5 Assignment:The natives of the Northeast Woodlands lived to the north of the Southeast Woodlands tribes.

Color the Northeast Woodlands region yellow.

Lesson 8 Assignment:The Southwest natives lived in the part of the United States known as the Southwest and in

northern Mexico. Color the Southwest region gray.

Lesson 38 Assignment:The tribes of the Great Plains, encountered by Lewis and Clark, lived in the central part of the

United States. Color the Great Plains region blue.

Lesson 95 Assignment:The tribes of the Arctic and Subarctic regions lived in cold northern areas, including most of

present‐day Alaska. Color the Arctic region pink and the Subarctic region gray.

Bering Sea

Arctic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Arctic

Subarctic

Great PlainsGreat Basin

Southwest

Plateau

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Map 4 - Native Peoples of North America

Northwest C

oast

Map 5 - Europe and the Western Hemisphere

Lesson 6 Assignments:1. Scandinavia was the home of the Vikings. Circle the word Scandinavia in blue.2. The Vikings had discovered Iceland by the mid‐800s. Color Iceland green.3. Erik the Red and his family sailed to Greenland in 985. Color Greenland yellow.4. Leif Eriksson traveled from Greenland to Norway, where he became a Christian. Color

Norway gray.5. Viking artifacts have been found in Newfoundland. Color Newfoundland brown.6. Italy is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. Color Italy red. 7. Columbus moved to Portugal after he grew up. Color Portugal orange.8. Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain sponsored the voyage of Columbus. Color Spain purple.9. Columbus and his crew stopped in the Canary Islands. Circle the Canary Islands with yellow.10. Columbus sailed through the Atlantic Ocean. Draw a box around the words Atlantic Ocean

in pink.11. Columbus first sighted land in the Bahamas, north of Cuba. Draw a circle around the

Bahamas in blue. Color Cuba green.

Lesson 7 Assignments:1. Balboa led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama. Circle the words Isthmus of Panama

in green.2. After crossing Panama, Balboa viewed the Pacific Ocean. Circle with words Pacific Ocean in

red.3. Ponce de León was governor of the Island of Borinquen, now called Puerto Rico. Color Puerto

Rico purple. 4. Early explorers discovered many islands in the Caribbean Sea. Circle the words Caribbean Sea

in pink. 5. Ponce de León discovered the area that is now Florida when searching for Bimini. Circle the

word Florida with orange. 6. Hernando de Soto’s army sailed down the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. Draw

blue waves in the Gulf of Mexico.7. Hernando de Soto’s army entered the area that is now Mexico. Circle the word Mexico with

black.

Iceland

Greenland

Newfoundland

Portugal Spain

Canary Islands

Atlantic Ocean

Bahamas

Cuba

Isthmus of Panama

Pacific Ocean

Puerto Rico

Caribbean Sea

Gulf of MexicoMexico

South America

North America

Africa

Europe


Map 5 - Europe and the Western Hemisphere

Map 6 - Europe

Lesson 13 Assignment:

The French were the first Europeans to explore the Great Lakes region. Color France yellow.


1. The Puritans and Separatists were from England. Color England pink.

2. A group of Separatists left England to live for a while in the Netherlands. Color the Netherlands blue.


1. The 1910 U.S. Census recorded 900,000 new immigrants who spoke Polish. Color Poland red.

2. Many Jews who immigrated to the United States came from Russia and Germany. Color the portion of Russia shown green. Color Germany orange.

3. The Order of the Sons of Italy was founded in 1905 to help Italian immigrants in America. Color Italy green.

(Note: This map shows the modern borders of Europe. Many countries had different borders in the past.)


Iceland

England

ScotlandNorthern Ireland

Ireland

NorwaySweden

Finland

RussiaEstonia

Latvia

Poland

Belarus

Lithuania

Ukraine

Romania

Bulgaria

Turkey

Serbia

Macedonia

Bosnia andHerzegovina

Croatia

Hungary

CzechRepublic

Austria

SwitzerlandFrance

Spain

North Sea

Bay of Biscay

Mediterranean Sea

Baltic Sea

Germany

Black Sea

Ionian Sea

NorwegianSea

Atlantic Ocean

Luxembourg

English Channel

Map 6 - Europe

Map 7 - The Thirteen Colonies

Lesson 11 Assignments:1. The lost colony of Roanoke Island is a mystery. Circle

the words Roanoke Island in green.2. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement

in North America. Circle the word Jamestown with red.

3. Virginia became a crown colony in 1624. Color Virginia yellow.

Lesson 14 Assignments:1. The Mayflower first dropped anchor near modern‐

day Provincetown, Massachusetts. Circle the word Provincetown with brown.

2. The pilgrims of the Mayflower built a settlement and named it Plymouth. Circle the word Plymouth with orange.

Lesson 15 Assignments:1. The Massachusetts Bay Company founded a

settlement named Boston. Circle the word Boston with red.

2. The colony of Massachusetts included Maine until 1820. Color Massachusetts and Maine blue.

3. Rye and Dover, New Hampshire, were founded in 1623. Circle the words Rye and Dover with black.

4. New Hampshire became a royal province in 1679. Color New Hampshire gray.

5. The first English settlement in Maryland was St. Mary’s. Circle the words St. Mary’s with green.

6. Maryland was named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England. Color Maryland purple.

7. Both Dutch and English settlers moved into what is now Connecticut. Color Connecticut pink.

8. Hartford, Connecticut, was founded by Dutch settlers. Circle the word Hartford with red.

Lesson 16 Assignments:1. Providence, Rhode Island, was begun by Roger

Williams in 1636. Circle the word Providence with green.

2. The King of England gave Rhode Island more freedom of self‐government than any other colony. Color Rhode Island purple.

3. Charles Town (now Charleston) was established in what is now South Carolina in 1670. Circle the word Charleston with orange.

4. The territory of Carolina was officially divided into North and South Carolina in 1729. Color South Carolina green. Color North Carolina brown.

Lesson 17 Assignments:1. Albany, New York, was founded by Dutch settlers.

Circle the word Albany with black.2. New Amsterdam, founded by settlers from the

Netherlands, was renamed New York after the English took control. Circle the words New York City with green.

3. Color the colony of New York brown. 4. Jersey City began as a trading post founded by the

Dutch. Circle the words Jersey City with pink.5. New Jersey is named after an island in the English

Channel. Color New Jersey green. 6. Wilmington, Delaware, is at the site of a trading post

founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit and settlers from Sweden. Circle the word Wilmington with gray. Color Delaware orange.

Lesson 18 Assignments:1. William Penn considered the founding of

Pennsylvania a Holy Experiment. Color Pennsylvania red.

2. Philadelphia was planned by William Penn. Circle the word Philadelphia with black.

Lesson 21 Assignments:1. Georgia was founded by Englishman James

Oglethorpe. Color Georgia red. 2. Savannah was the first permanent European

settlement in Georgia. Circle the word Savannah with purple.

3. The New England colonies included Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Trace from to along the coastline of the New England colonies with green.

4. The mid‐Atlantic colonies included Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Trace from to along the coastline of the mid‐Atlantic colonies with pink.

5. The southern colonies included Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Trace from to along the coastline of the southern colonies with blue.

Lesson 31 Assignment:Between 1787 and 1790, the first thirteen states ratified America’s new Constitution. On the map, write a number inside each state to show the order in which that state ratified the Constitution. Use a black pencil.

Delaware (1) South Carolina (8)Pennsylvania (2) New Hampshire (9)New Jersey (3) Virginia (10)Georgia (4) New York (11)Connecticut (5) North Carolina (12)Massachusetts (6) Rhode Island (13)Maryland (7)


Maine(part of Massachusetts)

New York

Massachusetts

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Maryland

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Savannah

Charleston

Roanoke Island

Jamestown

St. Mary’s

WilmingtonPhiladelphia

Jersey City

New York City

Hartford

AlbanyBoston

Providence

Rhode Island

Plymouth

Provincetown

DoverRye

Atlantic

Map 7 - The Thirteen Colonies

Maryland

Virginia

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1. The Apo

stle Island

s in Lake Su

perior are part o

f the state of W

isconsin. C

ircle the Apo

stle Island

s with green.

2. The nam

e of Lake Su

perior com

es from th

e French fo

r Upp

er Lake. Color Lake Su

perior blue.

3. The St. Mary’s River flows betw

een La

ke Sup

erior a

nd Lake Huron

. Color th

e St. M

ary’s River p

urple.

4. Lake Huron is th

e second largest o

f the Great Lakes. C

olor Lake Huron blue.

5. Lake Michigan is nam

ed fo

r the Ojib

we (Chipp

ewa) w

ord Michi‐gum

a. Color Lake Michigan blue

.

6. The Straits of M

ackina

c divide Lakes M

ichigan an

d Huron

. Circle the words Straits of M

ackina

c with brown.

7. The St. Clair River, L

ake St. C

lair, and th

e Detroit River c

onnect Lakes Huron and Erie. Color th

e St. C

lair River, L

ake St. C

lair, and th

e Detroit River o

rang

e.

8. Lake Erie is th

e shallowest o

f the Great Lakes. C

olor Lake Erie blue.

9. Point Pelee in Lake Erie is th

e southernmost p

oint of C

anad

a’s mainlan

d. Circle Po

int P

elee w

ith green.

10. T

he N

iagara River con

nects La

kes Erie and Ontario. T

race along th

e Niagara River w

ith re

d.

11. T

he N

iagara River m

akes a sud

den drop at N

iagara Falls. C

ircle the words N

iagara Falls w

ith pink.

12. L

ake Ontario w

as exp

lored by Cha

mplain in 1615. Color Lake Ontario blue.

Lake Superior

Lake

Michigan

Lake Huron

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Illinois

Indian

aOhio

Penn

sylvan

ia

New York

Michigan

Michigan

Can

ada

Can

ada

Can

ada

Apo

stle Island

s Milw

aukee

Chicago

Straits of M

ackina

c

St. Mary’s River

Detroit

Detroit River

Lake St. Clair

St. Clair River

Point

Pelee

Cleveland

Niagara River

Niagara Falls

Buffa

lo

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