13 English Colonies Warm Up: Compare and contrast the reasons for settlement of Jamestown and Plymouth

Notebook #1 Notebook Title Page #2 Cornell Notes #3 Why History #4  Unit One Title Page #5  Unit One Warm ups #6 Prehistoric Cultures Book Notes  #7 Native American Map #8 European Impact on the New World #9  Colonies Map #10 Important People of the New World #11 Early English Colonies #12 Salem Witch Trails Video Notes #13 Thirteen Colonies Map #14Thirteen Colonies Notes

New England Middle Southern The Thirteen Colonies Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

13 English Colonies Split into 3 Regions New England Middle Southern

Colonial Regions Climate Resources Social Class NE Middle Southern Long winter, short growing season Rocky soil, good fishing grounds Middle class Middle Short winters Larger farms, cash crops of grain Poor, middle class Southern Warm, year-round growing season Plantation, limited cash crops Rich noble families, poor, indentured servants

What shaped us? Space – We had bunches of it. Wilderness – Not in Europe. Allowed us to have a different mind set of how to live. Newness – No history, no stuffy traditions that have to be followed. Isolation – We were far away from Europe.

13 English Colonies continued Due: Map and Colonies ? Warm Up: Describe the differences between the different regions of the colonies.

New England

Colonies Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island & New Hampshire Religion Puritans wanted to purify the church. Separatists (Pilgrims) wanted to move away. Industries Fishing, whaling, lumber, fur Agriculture Subsistence farming Society Began as church run and evolved into a gov. run. Lots of religion.

Map Activity Label the 13 colonies. Color the middle colonies one color, New England colonies a different color, and southern colonies another color.

Middle and Southern Colonies Continue notes on #14

A. Charles II and New Colonization Proprietary Colonies Charles II owed people favors for helping him during a civil war Starts Proprietary Colonies: grants of land to loyal friends They would own the land and control the Colonial Government

B. Middle Colonies New York (1674) Charles II gives the land to his brother Land was already claimed by the Dutch (New Netherlands) NN becomes NY after English take it No Representative Government

2. New Jersey Was part of NY Charles II’s brother, James, gives it to loyal friends No Representative Government

3. Pennsylvania (1682) Quakers settle in Penn Believed in tolerance and equality Set up a colony that tolerated various religious beliefs Amish, Mennonites, and French Protestants came William Penn was the sole ruler until 1701, when he sets up a representative government

4. Delaware 1638: small colony of Swedes settle there Later the colony was seized by England. William Penn becomes the proprietor of an area along the Delaware River and bay. Later became the colony of Delaware.

Colonies New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania Religion Mostly Protestant (Germany) and Quakers in Penn. Industries Harbors and rivers used for shipping. Cattle and pigs. Mills for grinding grain. Agriculture Mostly grain – Wheat, barley and rye. Society Very tolerant. Leading city was Philadelphia. (Paved streets, fire department, library . . .)

C. Southern Colonies Maryland (1632) Set up as a haven for English Catholics being persecuted Many Protestants came too, leading to clashes 1649: Toleration Act is passed to protect the rights of all Christians to practice their religions

2. Carolinas To attract settlers: Representative Government Religious Toleration Hoped to bring more people to the colony Southern Carolina: large land owners and slave labor Northern Carolina: small farmers not dependent on slave labor 1729: King makes them 2 separate colonies, NC and SC

3. Georgia Started as a “buffer colony” between Spanish Florida and South Carolina Debtors and poor crafts people were sent there Trustees first controlled the colony Set strict rules on land ownership, slavery, and personal behavior

Colonies Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, S Colonies Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, & Georgia Religion Protestant No particular one. Industries No real industries. Agriculture Cash crops on plantations. Rice, tobacco, indigo, cotton. Once the nutrients were gone, move to a new field. Society Plantations set up classes. Slaves at the bottom and large plantation owners at the top.