CH 4 NOTES LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COLONIES

VOCAB: 1. Economy: the way goods, wealth, and services are created and used. 2. Export: to send a product out to another region or country. 3. Frontier: a newly settled or lightly settled area just outside an area of older settlements. 4. Barter: To negotiate and trade one product or service for another product or service. 5. Import: To bring an item into a country or region from another country or region is to. (The opposite of export). 6. Town Common: An open area shared by all villagers is known as the town.

Main Idea The three regions of the thirteen colonies were: New England, Middle, and Southern. Each of these regions had different climates, land and natural resources. These differences affected the development of each region.

From Settlement to Town Gradually the settlements in the 13 colonies became towns and cities that developed in different ways. Each town was a community of people who knew each other well.

In all of the regions, there were Port towns. This is where large ships could dock and load and unload cargo (Goods for trading).

Some towns, especially in the Middle colonies, grew into large Trade (Market) Towns. Farmers brought items to town to sell or trade. People would come to these towns to barter, or negotiate one product or service for another product or service.

Shops & Services found in Colonial Towns: - Barrel makers; called coopers - Sawmills: where logs were cut into lumber. - Shoemakers - Gristmills: where wheat was ground into flour and meal. - The most important was the general store. Here they sold a variety of items, including imports, or items brought into the country or region from another country or region. (Manufactured goods)

New England Towns: A common is an open area shared by all villagers. In New England they built their towns in a special way; The church, the meetinghouse, the school, and houses were all built around the common. On the outside of the town lay fields where the farmers raised their crops.

The Growth of Cities: Major port towns eventually grew into cities. Colonial economies depended on the importing and exporting that took place in these cities. Some major cities at the time were Boston and New York City. Cities became centers of learning. The first universities in North America began in these cities. However in colonial times only young men could attend college.