1. Colonial Regions Environment, Culture, and Migration.

2. The Three Regions  New England  Middle Colonies  Southern Colonies

3. New England Geography  Mountainous  Rocky, hard soil – Very Short Growing Season (long cold winters) Bad for farming  Large Forests  Natural Harbors (on the Atlantic Ocean)

4. New England Religion  Separatists (aka Pilgrims)  Puritans  Strict religious rules – Duty, godliness, hardwork, and honesty  Closed communities – Intolerant of different ideas

5. ECONOMY  Subsistence Farming – Growing only what you need  Timber and Ship Building  Fishing and Whaling  Manufactured Goods PEOPLE  Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules.  Merchants, Manufacturers, Fisherman, etc. New England Culture

6.  Self-Governing Charters  Town Meetings  The Mayflower Compact  The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New England Government Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island

7. Middle Colonies Geography  Plenty of waterways – Rivers: Allegheny, Monongahela, Susquehanna, Delaware, Hudson, St. Lawrence, Raquette, and Mohawk – Lakes: George, Champlain, Great Sacandaga, and Oneida  Warm summers and mild winters  Long growing season  Fertile soil

8.  Quakers  German Baptists  French Huguenots  Portuguese Jews  Dutch Mennonite (Amish)  Lutherans  Anglicans Middle Colonies Religion

9.  Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye – Called the “Bread Colonies”  Shipbuilding  Skilled craftsmen  Some trade Middle Colonies Economy

10.  Proprietary Charters  Religious Freedom and Tolerance  Freedom of the Press  Strong Courts Middle Colonies Government New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware

11. GEOGRAPHY  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 Geography & Economy

12. 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

13. Southern Colonies People  Anglicans and Catholics (Maryland)  English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves.

14.  Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters.  The House of Burgesses  Colonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Company or Proprietors. Southern Colonies Government Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia