Pre-Revolution Times
The Colonies 13 original ones Formed for different reasons Religious freedom Economic interest Just a place for people to go Formed under different rules Royal colonies Proprietary Charter
The Colonies Massachusetts: for religious freedom – charter Pennsylvania: as a payment to William Penn – Proprietary Georgia: formed last as a place for poor people/buffer against Spanish – Royal All were British, but all developed their own governments
British Subjects Had to follow British laws/pay British taxes Rarely enforced Workers in cities (Boston, New York, Philly, etc.) Farmers (rich planters in the South, also small scale poor ones in the “west” and NE) Immigrants
Slaves All colonies had them In some ways, the colonies helped make slavery possible They worked farms, plantations, and as servants Some famous Founding Fathers owned slaves
Native Americans Had different relationships with different colonies Some were organized politically (Iroquois Confederacy) Source of trade for colonies Source of problems for colonies