1. Ch.4.2-4.3: Middle and Southern Colonies
Remember!
Middle Colonies:
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Delaware
Remember!
Southern
Colonies:
- Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
- Georgia
EQ:
Describe the economy, culture, and slavery situation in the Middle and Southern Colonies.

2. Q1: Characteristics of Middle Colonies
Middle Colonies had:
Tolerance of religion
Immigrants from all over Europe
Farmed Wheat
Native Americans continually pushed out of more and more land as colonies grew
Farming Tools

3. Q2: Middle Colony Cash Crops
Grew cash crops
Cash crops = crops raised to be sold for money
Produced so much grain (such as wheat), Middle Colonies known as “bread basket” colonies
Cities prospered due to trade
Exported cash crops and important manufactured goods
Various Grains
Wheat
Bread and Grains

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5. Q3: Middle Colonies’ Immigrants
Diverse population in Middle Colonies equaled diverse talents: Craftsmen,Gunsmiths,Ironworkers,Glass makers,Furniture makers,Farmers ,Builders
Diversity promoted tolerance
No one large religious group in Middle Colonies
Because of great # of different groups, no 1 group could dominate others

7. Q4: Slavery 7% of Middle Colonies population was slaves
Free African Americans also worked in cities
Tensions between races did exist and sometimes lead to rebellions or riots

8. And now the Southern Colonies…

9. Q5: Southern Colonies Economy
Southern Colonies had:
Almost year-around growing season, economy depended on agriculture (farming)
Ideal for cash crops like rice and tobacco
Large slave population
Rice
Tobacco

11. Q6: Slavery in the South Plantation owners enslaved Africans
Africans were resistant to European diseases, had experience with agriculture, and less likely to escape because they didn’t know the land
Slaves made up 40% of population

12. Q7: Planter Class of the South
Elite Planter Class was created as wealthy families were able to buy the most slaves
Allowed them to grow more crops to sell then other farmers
Small landowners could not compete and moved west
This created very rigid social class system in South

13. Q8: Treatment of Slaves in South
Slaves worked in groups of (watched by a white overseer)
Forced to work 15+ hrs a day, whipped if not working hard enough or disobeying
Several lived in small 1 room cabin, given 1 lb of meat and ¼ bushel of corn for whole WEEK to share

14. Q9(Last Question): African Culture in South
Africans tried to preserve customs such as music, dances, and stories
Some rebelled by purposely working slowly or completing a task the wrong way
Occasionally rose up in rebellion and sometimes attempted to, or even succeeded in killing planters families
Slaves caught in rebellion or trying to escape would be put to death

15. Summary! Think about what you learned!
Create a 4-6 sentence summary answering the EQ’s with details!
Remember the EQ’s were:
Describe the economy, culture, and slavery situation in the Middle Colonies.
Describe the economy, culture, and slavery situation in the Southern Colonies.