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1 13 Colonies

2 New England Colonies ______________

3 New England Climate and Physical Features ________ soils
________ farming season Subsistence farming ________ farming conditions ________ harbors for port Cities like ________

4 Economic Comparative Advantage
New England Economic Comparative Advantage Commercial businesses ($$$) ________________

5 Why colonies were started
New England Why colonies were started __________________________________________________ Two groups include ________________

6 The New England Colonies

7 Rhode Island Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence
Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) Major Cities: Providence Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island" Became a State: May 29, 1790

8 Connecticut Founded: 1636 by Thomas Hooker and others, at Hartford
Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing) Major Cities: Hartford, New Haven Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river" Became a State: February 6, 1788

9 Massachusetts Founded: 1630 by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding) Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place") Became a State: February 6, 1788

10 New Hampshire Founded: 1638 by John Wheelwright and others
Major Industry: Agriculture (potatoes, fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding) Major Cities: Concord Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England Became a State: June 21, 1788

11 Middle Colonies ______________

12 Climate and Physical Features
Middle Colonies Climate and Physical Features _________ soil _________ growing seasons than New England _________ harbors

13 Economic Comparative Advantage
Middle Colonies Economic Comparative Advantage Known as the ______________ Grew crops like _____________ Provided ________ for ____________ Some __________ and ____________

14 Why colonies were started
Middle Colonies Why colonies were started _____________________

15 The Middle Colonies

16 Delaware Founded: 1638 by Peter Minuit and others
Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) Major Cities: Wilmington Colony Named for: named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr Became a State: December 7, 1787

17 Pennsylvania Founded: 1682 by William Penn and others, at Philadelphia
Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy), Manufacturing (textiles, papermaking, shipbuilding) Major Cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster, York Colony Named for: William Penn and sylvania, Latin for "forest" Became a State: December 12, 1787

18 New York Founded: 1626 by Peter Minuit and others, on Manhattan Island
Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat) Major Cities: New York City, Albany Colony Named for: Duke of York Became a State: July 26, 1788

19 New Jersey Founded: 1664 by English colonists
Major Industry: Manufacturing (ironworking, lumbering) Major Cities: Trenton, Princeton Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England Became a State: December 18, 1787

20 Southern Colonies ______________

21 Climate and Physical Features
Southern Colonies Climate and Physical Features ___________ Soil ___________ Weather ___________ growing seasons ___________ harbors

22 Economic Comparative Advantage
Southern Colonies Economic Comparative Advantage Focused on ___________ Large plantation farms for ____________________________ Almost _____ shipping

23 Why colonies were started
Southern Colonies Why colonies were started ____________________________ Maryland was started for ____________________________ Georgia was ____________________________

24 Southern Colonies

25 Maryland Founded: 1633 by Lord Baltimore and others, at Baltimore
Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, indigo) Major Cities: Baltimore, Annapolis Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England Became a State: April 28, 1788

26 Virginia Founded: 1607 by John Smith and others, at Jamestown
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn) Major Cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I Became a State: June 25, 1788

27 North Carolina Founded: 1653 by Virginia colonists
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco) Major Cities: Raleigh Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England Became a State: November 21, 1789

28 South Carolina Founded: 1663 by English colonists
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, cattle) Major Cities: Charleston Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England Became a State: May 23, 1788

29 Georgia Founded: 1732 by James Oglethorpe and others
Major Industry: Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar) Major Cities: Savannah Colony Named for: England's King George II Became a State: January 2, 1788

30 Reasons why the colonies began


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