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Jumpstart Find your partner that has the match to your note card – Definition & vocabulary word – Date & significance – Person & significance Sit with that person Pre AP: still sit with your partner BUT we will finish teaching in our home groups OL: get out your packet so we can finish our podcasts
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Colonial Regions Environment, Culture, and Migration.
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The Three Regions New England New England Middle Colonies Middle Colonies Sou1`thern Colonies Sou1`thern Colonies
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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)
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New England Religion Separatists/Pilgrims Puritans Strict religious rules Closed communities – Intolerant of different ideas
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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 Culture
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Self-Governing Charters Town Meetings The Mayflower Compact The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New England Government Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island
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Middle Colonies Geography Plenty of waterways – Rivers – Lakes Warm summers and mild winters Long growing season Fertile soil
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Quakers German Baptists French Huguenots Portuguese Jews Dutch Mennonite (Amish) Lutherans Anglicans Middle Colonies Religion
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Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye – Called the “Bread Colonies” Shipbuilding Skilled craftsmen Some trade Middle Colonies Economy
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Proprietary Charters Religious Freedom and Tolerance Freedom of the Press Strong Courts Middle Colonies Government New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
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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
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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
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Southern Colonies People Anglicans and Catholics (Maryland) English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves.
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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
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