1. The Colonies
Northern (New England): New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Middle: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Southern: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

2. Northern Colonies
Geography: Atlantic Coastline, thin rocky soil, some land for cattle
Economy: fishing, whaling, lumber, ship building, subsistence farming
People/Society:
Puritans- extremely religious but all still have a voice in town
Other Puritans left for religious freedom and separation of church and state (RI)

3. Middle Colonies Geography: Fertile land for farming
Economy: Wheat is cash crop.
Other businesses: glass & pottery, grist mills produced flour
People/Society: Colonies supported religious freedom
Pennsylvania founded by William Penn

4. Southern Colonies
Geography: Farmland and plantations, NC’s coastline made it difficult to settle
Economy: Tobacco, deer skin & rice (SC), plantation farming reliant on indentured servants and enslaved Africans
People and Society: Proprietary colony (VA), Religious tolerance to all Christians (MD), GA was a debtor’s colony

5. As a group: analyze the chart Each person writes their own response on the back of his/her chart
What are the major similarities and differences between regions?
Describe how geography influenced each region
What are the pros/cons (positive/negatives) of having 3 distinct colonial regions?
How do these distinct regions influence historical events?
Describe regional differences that still exist today.

6. What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?
A land shortage began to develop in the 1670’s.
Indentured Servants and backcountry farmers wanted land of their own, but land that was left belonged to the Native Americans
Plantation owners opposed expansion because they did not want war with N.A. to destroy their plantations

7. What outcome did the rebellion have on Virginia?
The rebellion convinced many wealthy planters that land should be made available to the backcountry farmers- regardless of the impact on N.A.
Increased VA’s reliance on enslaved Africans instead of indentured servants
Enslaved workers did not have to be freed and therefore would never need their own land.

8. Describe the triangular trade.
Exchange of goods among the colonies, England, Caribbean sugar planters and Africa.
This system brought great wealth to merchants, who began to build factories.
Large cities developed and a class system also emerged with the merchants who controlled the trade at the top.

10. Discrimination in the colonies: Enslaved Africans & Jews
Enslaved Africans: Slave codes kept African captives from owning property, receiving and education, moving about freely or meeting in large groups.
Jews: Were allowed to worship freely, but could not vote or hold public office.

11. Discrimination in the colonies: Women
Women: Did not have equal rights.
Married women could not own legal property or make contracts or wills.
Husbands sole guardians of children
Single women and widows had more rights:
Own and manage property, file lawsuits and run businesses.