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Colonial Regions
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The Three Regions New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies
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New England Environment Large Forests Rocky Soil Long Cold Winters Very Short Growing Season
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ECONOMY Subsistence Farming- growing only enough food to survive. Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar) Dried Fish Rum and other Manufactured Trade Goods PEOPLE Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules. Merchants (people who trade/sell goods), Manufacturers, and Lawyers. New England Culture
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New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New England Settlements Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island
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Puritans: wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church – Landed and established Massachusetts Bay Colony. Left seeking religious freedom. Pilgrims: wanted to separate from Anglican Church. – Some left England to escape persecution. – Signed the Mayflower Compact (legal document saying that they would have fair laws) and landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts in late 1620. New England Settlements
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Middle Colonies Environment Good land for farming Medium growing season and cold winters. Many lakes and rivers for transportation.
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ECONOMY Called the Bread Colonies Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye Made homespun products- homemade (clothes, furniture) Traded very little Self sufficient- do not rely on anyone else for their needs. PEOPLE People from: England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and others Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews Indentured Servants: People who are brought to the colonies and must work to pay off the trip. Middle Colonies Culture
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New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Middle Colonies Settlements New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
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Many different nations settled in the Middle Colonies including: – Dutch who founded New York – New Jersey who had Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and Scots. William Penn formed Pennsylvania which was a Quaker, or Society of Friends, colony. – He promised religious freedom to all. Middle Colonies Settlements
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Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains Long growing season Fertile land Warm for most of the year Southern Colonies Environment
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Southern Colonies Culture ECONOMY Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and cotton. Traded cash crops (crops that are grown in large amounts and sold for profits) farmed on plantations (large commercial farms ). Purchased manufactured goods.
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Southern Colonies Culture PEOPLE Anglicans Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves (people captured in Africa and sold to plantation owners- they were property)
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Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Southern Colonies Settlements Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
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Southern Colonies Settlements Settled in Jamestown, Virginia- first permanent English settlement in America. – Two-thirds died by their first winter – John Smith was leader 1608. Pocahontas married settler John Rolfe which helped form peaceful relations with the Powhatan. The Carolina’s and Georgia were settled for economic opportunities.
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