US HISTORY USHC 1.1 COLONIZATION Summarize the distinct characteristics of each colonial region in the settlement and development of British North America, including religious, social, political, and economic differences. COLONIZATION
Motives for Colonizing RELIGIOUS ECONOMIC Motives for Colonizing
Thirteen Colonies Massachusetts Pennsylvania Virginia New England Mid-Atlantic Pennsylvania Southern Virginia South Carolina
Religion Religious “Freedom” Religion NOT a motive New England Mid-Atlantic Southern Religious “Freedom” (Tolerance) LIMITED Diversity & Tolerance Religion NOT a motive
The “Pilgrims” (Plymouth) Religious Dissidents
Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans City on a Hill! John Winthrop Governor
TOLERATION Williams Hutchinson Religious dissenters, such as Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, were EXILED. Williams started the Rhode Island colony.
Mid-Atlantic Colonies (Limited) Religious Toleration & Diversity Quakers Pennsylvania Catholics Maryland
“All About the Benjamins” Church of England Established Southern Colonies “All About the Benjamins” Church of England Established
Religion Religious “Freedom” Religion NOT a motive New England Mid-Atlantic Southern Religious “Freedom” (Tolerance) LIMITED Diversity & Tolerance Religion NOT a motive
Hierarchical (Landowners Dominant) Society New England Southern Egalitarian (Clergy Dominant) Hierarchical (Landowners Dominant)
Plantation Slavery (Southern Colonies)
English Political Traditions Magna Carta Parliament
English Political Traditions Popular Government Representative Government English Political Traditions
Town Meetings (New England) Egalitarian Democratic
Aristocratic Representative House of Burgesses (Virginia) Aristocratic Representative
Economy CASH Crops Slave Labor New England Mid-Atlantic Southern Commerce Shipbuilding Fishing Staple Crops Wheat, Corn Family Farms CASH Crops Tobacco, Rice, Indigo Slave Labor
RAW GOODS FINISHED GOODS SLAVES The Triangular Trade
Colonial Trade Routes
Mercantilism SALUTARY NEGLECT Economic Regulation (Primarily of Trade) Navigation Acts (1651) SALUTARY NEGLECT Strict Enforcement