Colonial Regions SS4H3: The students will explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America
Why did the Colonists Come?
The Three Regions New England Mid-Atlantic Colonies Southern Colonies
New England Geography North Eastern Woodlands Very Short Growing Season Long Cold Winters Large Forests On the Atlantic Ocean-Good Coastal Harbors Could not navigate through the rivers Rocky Soil
New England Culture PRODUCTS Subsistence Farming Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar) Grew corn, dairy, wheat, potatoes, cattle and barley Dried Fish and whaling Daily Life PEOPLE Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules. Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers.
New England Home Life Wood Plank Houses - built in one day One long room with a fireplace at one end Dirt Floors and small windows There was also a loft that was used to store supplies
New England Government Self-Governing Charters Town Meetings The Mayflower Compact – first governing document The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic Colonies Geography Lower Eastern Woodlands Medium growing season and cold winters. Many lakes and rivers for transportation.
Mid-Atlantic Colonies Culture PRODUCTS Called the bread basket colonies Farmed and traded wheat, oat, barley and rye. Made homespun products. Industrial – textiles, paper and Iron Cities become a place for a lot of commerce with many merchants, artisans and laborers PEOPLE People from: England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and others. Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews. Very diverse
Mid-Atlantic Colony Home Life Built log Cabins – Forest Tables and chairs were made from log slabs held together with wooden pegs Some fancier homes were one and half stories and had a small front porch The beds were hidden in walls and the front door was divided into halves
Mid-Atlantic Colonies Government New York Proprietary Charters Religious Freedom and Tolerance Freedom of the Press Strong Courts Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
Southern Colonies Geography Fertile Soil Forest – Pine Wetlands Good Coastal Harbors Warm Climate all year round
Southern Colonies People English Plantation Owners Indentured Servants Transported Criminals and Slaves.
Southern Colonies Culture PRODUCTS Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton. Trade “cash crops” farmed on Plantations. Purchase manufactured goods.
Southern Colonies Home Life Most people lived in small wooden houses Plantation Mansion – Two stories high and had eight rooms Main house had imported furniture Small, one room houses for the servants and the slaves Each plantation was run like an independent village The cotton and tobacco plantations used forced slave labor
Southern Colonies Government Maryland Virginia Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters- People given land by a British officials to develop it and make the laws The House of Burgesses Life in Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
Colonial Regions Vocabulary Merchant: A person who produces or trades goods. Subsistence Farming: When a family grows only enough food to survive. Homespun: Products that are made at home (furniture, clothing, etc.) Cash Crops: Crops that are grown in large amounts and sold for a profit.
Colonial Regions Vocabulary Indentured Servants: People who are brought to the colonies and must work to pay off the trip. Transported Criminals: Criminals that are taken from jail and made to work in the colonies. Slaves: People captured in Africa and sold to plantation owners. The plantation owner saw them as property.
Colonial Regions Jamestown Game