Make sure you have 2 sheets of loose leaf notebook paper. The Original Thirteen Colonies Fold: Hamburger Hot Dog Hamburger
Founder Reason People Climate/ Geography Economy Religion Politics/ Government
New England Colonies Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut New Hampshire,
Massachusetts FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t Separatist Pilgrims William Bradford Escape religious persecution PuritansFertile land, rich pasture Cold winters Warm humid summers Farming Fur Lumber shipping PuritanTheocracy (church was the government)
Rhode Island FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t Roger Williams Escape religious persecution White Europeans Red clay soil, hilly, forests, large bays, Colder winters Humid summers Cattle, dairy farmers Sustenance farming, shipping Religious freedom Governor and representative assembly
Connecticut FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography Economy Religion Politics/ Gov’t Thomas Hooker Escape religious persecution Dutch and Swedish settlers Hilly, forests Cold winters Mild summers Sustenance farming, cattle, ship building, fishing, whaling Puritan First written constitution called the Fundamental Orders
Middle Colonies Founder Reason People Climate/geography Economy Religion Politics/government New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware
New York FounderReasonPeople Climate Geograph y EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t Samuel Champlain Henry Hudson Dutch East India Company ProfitEuropean whites, mostly Dutch Hot summers Cold winters Swampy coasts, mountains, forests, rocky Fur Lumber Shipping Slave trade Corn, flax, mining Religious freedom King appointed governor
Pennsylvania FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t William Penn Escaping Religious persecution English Quakers Rolling hills Fertile soil Hot summer, cold winters Farming, dairy, lumber, trades Religious Freedom Self- government, representative assembly
Maryland FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t George Calvert Haven for religious and political freedom Mostly Catholics Largest bay in U.S. low and fertile land, cold winters, hot humid summers Sustenance farming, flax, grains, lumber, shipping, fishing, cattle, dairy, iron mining Mostly Catholic, religious freedom Representative government
Southern Colonies Virginia South Carolina Georgia North Carolina Hamburger Hotdog Hamburger Founder Reason People Climate/geography Economy Religion Politics/government
Virginia FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t Sir Walter Raleigh ProfitEnglishMild winter, Humid summers, low fertile land, quiet bays, western wooded mountains Tobacco farming Slave trade, shipping Church of England Free, white, land owning men elected representatives to the House of Burgesses
South Carolina FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t 8 Lords Proprietors (friends of King Charles II) ProfitWhite Europeans Short mild winters, long humid hot summers, low swampy coasts, western wooded mountains Farmed cotton, tobacco, indigo and rice Religious freedom Fundamental Constitution of Carolina
Georgia FounderReasonPeople Climate Geography EconomyReligionPolitics/ Gov’t George II James Oglethorpe Refuge for the poor Debtors from English prisons and white Europeans Short mild winter Farming Cotton, indigo, tobacco, rice Religious freedom Free white male landowners elected representatives to the common House of Assembly