A charter is a document that gave colonies the legal rights to exist. A legal document granting rights

Joint Stock Company A business where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders. First corporations http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse?cuecard=602 Seal of the King

Content Vocab: Proprietor The owner of a business A “proprietor colony” was granted by British government and had self-rule Syn: owner, possessor

The Thirteen Colonies

Three reasons the Colonies were settled Political Religious Economic reasons The colonies earliest and largest cities developed along the coast line because of the good harbors available

The Colonies Each colony was unique in it’s characteristics. However, they are grouped together based on location, reasons they were founded, and what types of industries they had. New England Colonies Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Middle Colonies Delaware Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

Geography of the Colonies

New England Colonies Geography Economic Social Political Family farms   Family farms Church Mayflower Compact Trade Family life Town meetings Fishing Education Public courts Merchants Rights for women Self government Shipbuilding Orders of Connecticut

Middle Colonies Fur trade Women in home Self government Trade Diverse settlers   Crops Religious tolerance Women own businesses Some slaves

Religious Toleration Act Southern Colonies   Cash crops slaves Religious Toleration Act Plantations Religious tolerance House Of Burgesses Agriculture Slave labor representative Government Slaves Indentured Servants Labor Shortage

New England Colonies The New England colonies had small farms and ship building. Decisions were made in Town hall meetings where each member had a say in outcome.

Middle Colonies The Middle colonies had some farming and later on factories.

Southern Colonies Were agricultural with large plantations, originally producing tobacco but later on growing cotton. Slaves worked on the plantations

Indentured Servants DO not copy Indentured Servants DO not copy. Please summarize term in your notes after discussion ½ of 2/3rds of all immigrants to Colonial America arrived as indentured servants. Employers paid for journey, room, and board Labor shortages in America and joblessness in Europe made this an attractive job. Criminals could become servants instead of dead People could serve off their debts in the colonies *** At times, as many as 75% of the population of some colonies were under terms of indenture.

Indentured servants continued Due to poor living conditions, hard labor, and difficulties adjusting to new climates and native diseases, many servants did not live to see their freedom Since they often spoke English and were white, runaway servants were more difficult to recapture than black slaves. I.S. often fled and started life in different colony I.S. replaced by slavery