Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources Reading Comprehension Worksheets Colonial America (1492-1776)

The Southern Colonies Colonial America (1492-1776)

---

The Southern Colonies
Print The Southern Colonies Reading Comprehension with Fifth Grade Work

Print The Southern Colonies Reading Comprehension with Sixth Grade Work

Print The Southern Colonies Reading Comprehension

Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	8.84

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		founders, ownership, operate, society, solely, original, colonial, tracts, founded, based, affected, lifetime, opposition, solution, slavery, coastal
	content words:		Southern Colonies, North Carolina, South Carolina, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Virginia Company, United States, Native Americans, African Americans

---

The Southern Colonies By Sharon Fabian

---

¹     The Southern Colonies are one of the three groups that made up the original thirteen colonies. The Southern Colonies include Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
 
²     Like the New England Colonies and the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies had their own character. The character of the Southern colonies developed from its people, its geography, and its climate.
 
³     The founders of the Southern Colonies came to America seeking wealth in the form of land ownership. Some were rich aristocrats from England who became owners of huge tracts of land in America. Some were owners of large businesses such as the Virginia Company, which founded Jamestown.
 
⁴     These landowners recognized that the Southern Colonies were rich in farmland. The coastal plains and the rolling hills were perfect for raising crops. The rich soil and the warm weather helped the crops thrive.
 
⁵     They established very large farms known as plantations. Each plantation required many, many workers. Growing the crops was nearly a year-round job in the warmer colonies, and there were lots of other jobs to do on a large plantation too.

Paragraphs 6 to 13:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable

---

Weekly Reading Books

Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once!

---

Feedback on The Southern Colonies

Leave your feedback on The Southern Colonies   (use this link if you found an error in the story)

---

Colonial America (1492-1776)

Colonial America (1492-1776)

---

United States

United States

American Government         Black History and Blacks in U.S. History         Children in History         Government Careers         Hispanic Heritage         How Can I Help?

Immigration         National Parks and Monuments         Native Americans         Presidents of the United States         Women's History

---

United States History

A Nation Divided (1840-1861)         A New Nation (1776-1830)         After the Civil War (1865-1870)         American Revolution         Cold War (1947-1991)         Colonial America (1492-1776)         Lewis and Clark (1804-1806)         Pearl Harbor         Spanish American War (1898)         The 1890's         The 1900's         The 1910's         The 1920's         The 1930's

The 1940's         The 1950's         The 1960's         The 1970's         The 1980's         The 1990's         The 2000's         The Civil War (1861-1865)         The Great Depression (1929-1945)         The United States Grows (1865-1900)         The War of 1812         Wild, Wild West         World War I (1914-1918)         World War II

---

50 States

Fifty States Theme Unit

---

Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities

Copyright © 2018 edHelper