Jumpstart Review your New England organizers from yesterday. In your notebook, create a t-chart and compare the colonies discussed. What similarities do they have? What differences do they have? Check your notes with the gold boxes found in the book on pgs. 49-53.
Environment, Culture, and Migration. Colonial Regions Environment, Culture, and Migration.
The Three Regions New England Middle Colonies Southern Colonies
New England Geography Mountainous Rocky, hard soil Large Forests Very Short Growing Season (long cold winters) Bad for farming Large Forests Natural Harbors (on the Atlantic Ocean)
New England Religion Separatists/Pilgrims Puritans Strict religious rules Closed communities Intolerant of different ideas
New England Culture ECONOMY Subsistence Farming Growing only what you need Timber and Ship Building Fishing and Whaling Manufactured Goods PEOPLE Puritans and Pilgrims Merchants, Manufacturers, Fisherman, etc.
New England Government Self-Governing Charters Town Meetings The Mayflower Compact The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island
Middle Colonies Geography Plenty of waterways Rivers Lakes Warm summers and mild winters Long growing season Fertile soil
Middle Colonies Religion Quakers German Baptists French Huguenots Portuguese Jews Dutch Mennonite (Amish) Lutherans Anglicans
Middle Colonies Economy Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye Called the “Bread Colonies” Shipbuilding Skilled craftsmen Some trade
Middle Colonies Government New York Proprietary Charters Religious Freedom and Tolerance Freedom of the Press Strong Courts Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
Southern Colonies Geography & Economy Fertile soil Long growing season and fertile land Cool winters and hot summers ECONOMY Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton. Grew “cash crops” on plantations Purchase manufactured goods.
Southern Colonies Religion Religious freedom Mostly Anglican Most Southern colonies focused on making a profit, not on religion Maryland: religious freedom for Catholics Virginia: Jamestown and tobacco North Carolina: first English attempt at a colony Roanoke Georgia: founded for debtors and prisoners
Southern Colonies People Anglicans and Catholics (Maryland) English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves. Southern Colonies People
Southern Colonies Government Maryland Virginia Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters. The House of Burgesses Colonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Company or Proprietors. North Carolina South Carolina Georgia