1. Where was the best place for England to invest in the American colonies?

 

2. What important factor contributed to where resources were located in the 13 colonies?

 

3. What happened to the population in the American colonies in the 1700s?

Which statement best describes an effect of William Penn's actions on colonial America?

 Cash-crop agriculture became more profitable in the Southern colonies. Many immigrants came to the Middle colonies seeking religious freedom. Several northern colonies decided to outlaw slave labor. The first English colonists formed a successful colony.

1. The English were not the first Europeans to land their ships on American soil. The Vikings had discovered North America in the 11th century. Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492 for Spain, and the French began expeditions to the New World in 1524 . But the first English presence in North America is important because the thirteen English colonies that would later be established eventually became the country now known as the United States of America.