Colony Review

Colonial Regions Map New England (North) -New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut Rhode Island Middle -New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey Southern -Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Major Industry New England -shipbuilding, forestry, fishing, whaling Middle -grain (Breadbasket), iron Southern -plantations, cash crops, slavery, indigo, rice, tobacco

Geography New England -cold, hills, rocky Middle Water -mixed landscape, some fertile soils Southern -fertile soil, coastal plain Water -transportation -rivers, harbours Appalachian Mountains -natural western border

William Penn -King James II owed money -Quaker -religious tolerance -non-violent -Pennsylvania (Penn’s Woods)

Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson -banished from Massachusetts Bay -Established Rhode Island -No state church -Williams=Separatist -Hutchinson=Puritan

Lord Baltimore -established Maryland -safe haven for Catholics

Thomas Hooker -established Connecticut -Fundamental Orders of Connecticut -1st written democratic Constitution -(voting)

James Oglethorpe -established Georgia -prison reformer -buffer between English colonies/Spain -criminals and poor accepted -haven for religious persecuted (Jews, Lutherans) -fair treatment of Native Americans -opposed slavery

Explain the meaning of each line of the song.

Representative Government House of Burgesses -representative legislature -1619 -Why would this be a good form of government? Would you rather have King or a Legislature?

Checks and Balances -one person or group cannot have too much power -President vetoes Congress and appoints judges -Judges determine legality of laws and stay for life -Congress writes laws and approves appointments

Mercantilism -Purpose of colonies is to make money for England raw materials colonies England manufactured goods