1. Region and Colony Names Climate, Geography Economic Activities
Education
Views on Religion
Leisure Activities
New England, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Massachusetts
(Transportation: Stage coached, boats)
Cold
Rugged terrain with rocky soil
No minerals in the soil
Plenty of water sources –rivers and the Atlantic Ocean
Building ships
Fishing
Whaling
Shipped goods to colonies, Great Britain (furniture)
To teach scripture
Reading was important, they used the Bible to teach
Public schools were only for boys; studied 3 “R’s”
Alphabet included
“Dame Schools”: woman opened her home for a school.
Colleges-Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard
apprenticeships
Church = for worship & comm. activities
Strict church lasted 3 hrs. a.m. & 3 hrs. p.m.
Religious jingles to teach religion & values
Puritans broke away from the Church of England. If not obeying, Puritans were punished or banned
No gambling
Work centered
Believed strongly in democracy
Town Meetings

2. Middle
Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
(Transportation:
Stage coaches)
Milder climate longer growing season
Rich soil land suitable for farming
Rivers and streams flowing through
Fish and wildlife
-Small farms
-Wheat (Penn. & NY)
-“Breadbasket”
-Simple Manufacturing
-Mining
-Fruits
-Textiles
-Vegetation
-Ship building
Education was to prepare a boy for trade
Private schools for the wealthy in 2ndschools;otherwise elem. was sufficient
Discipline-harsh
Freedom to express their own religious beliefs
Higher level schools were based on religious denominations
Princeton, NJ
Colleges & Universities were faith-based
Barn Raising
Dinner parties, balls and horseracing
Town meetings
Baptists, Quakers, Jews, German’s, Swede’s

3. Southern
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Mildest climate, almost 2 growing season
Richest soil
Filled with bays, inland rivers, swamps, barrier Islands to protect the coastline
Large plantations, tobacco, indigo, silk, rice
Forestry
Casks & barrels used for shipping were manufactured
Naval stores produced from pine forests
Wealthy boys had tutors or were sent to Great Britain or France for private school, William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA
“old field schools” became common=1 room school house
Charged a small fee when not working the farms
More singing, shorter sermons
Church of England = Anglican Church, official church of Georgia & all the colonies
Plantation parties-
House parties
Horseracing
Food centered
Fox hunting
Most social