Maps
Maps to Label
Reference Maps
http://clio.missouristate.edu/FTMiller/Maps/Early%20America/hyregmaps.htm
http://clio.missouristate.edu/FTMiller/Maps/Early%20America/BritEmp63.htm
Map Assignments for Undergraduates
1st Map Assignment
British America
Use the blank British Empire and the 13 Colonies maps. Label the items below on the two maps. It will be easiest to label most of the items on the 13 Colonies map. You can use the reference maps to look for the items to label on the maps.
On the 13 Colonies
map, draw in the Appalachian Mountains.
For the locations of towns, draw in dots.
You do not need to draw in rivers. The ones you will label are on one or the
other map.
Also, note Manhattan Island is on the 13 Colonies map. Put the town
of New York on the island.
You may download the maps and use a draw or paint program and email them or print them out or label print outs and turn in or scan and email.
| Quebec (colony) | Pennsylvania | New Port, R.I. | Delaware River |
| Newfoundland | Maryland | Albany, N.Y. | Susquehanna River |
| Nova Scotia | Virginia | New York, N.Y. | Potomac River |
| New England | North Carolina | Philadelphia | James River |
| New Hampshire | South Carolina | Annapolis, Md. | Savannah River |
| Massachusetts | Georgia | Richmond, Va. | Delaware Bay |
| Rhode Island | Atlantic | Williamsburg, Va. | Chesapeake Bay |
| Connecticut | Jamaica | Charleston, S.C. | Appalachian Mts |
| New York (colony) | Barbados | Savannah, Ga. | Delaware |
| New Jersey | Boston | Hudson River | Vermont |
| West Indies | West Florida | East Florida | Mississippi River |
| St. Lawrence River | Great Lakes | Gulf of Mexico | Caribbean Sea |
2nd Map Assignment
War of Independence
Use the blank War of Independence map. Label the items below on the map. You can use the reference maps, in particular, those at Other sources--for class use only, to look for the items to label on the maps.
Draw in dots or some other symbol
to show battles.
Draw in dots for the locations of towns.
Draw a dot or some other symbol for Ft. Ticonderoga.
Use something such as lines, arrows, or a series of dots to show the routes.
You do not need to draw in rivers. The ones you will label are on the map.
You may download the maps and use a draw or paint program and email them or print them out or label print outs and turn in or scan and email.
| Battle of Lexington | Schuylkill River | Wilmington | Battle of Cowpens |
| Battle of Concord | Valley Forge | Penobscot Bay | Battle of Camden |
| Lake Champlain | Battle of Brandywine | Route of Burgoyne | Battle of Waxhaws |
| Fort Ticonderoga | Battle of Germantown | Route of Washington in NJ, 1775-76 | Battle of Hobirk's Hill |
| Saratoga | Battle of the Capes | Howe's Route to Philadelphia | Battle of Eutaw Springs |
| Battle of Bennington | Battle of Yorktown | Greene SC-VA Retreat Route | Battle of 96 |
| Battle of Trenton | Roanoke River | Route of Cornwallis in NC and VA | Yadkin and Peedee River |
| Battle of Princeton | Dan River | Washington's Route to Yorktown | Santee River |
| Battle of Monmouth Courthouse | Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Battle of King's Mountain | Augusta |