1. Mr. Knight 7th grade Social Studies
Life in the Colonies
Mr. Knight 7th grade Social Studies
Harris Road M.S.

2. New England Colonies Religion -Puritan -high literacy rate
-1st college – Harvard
Social
-population increase
-natural increase
-immigration (mostly English)
Economy
-fishing, shipbuilding, & trade
-subsistence farming
Politics
-male church members vote
-stable

3. Middle Colonies Religion -freedom for Christian religions Social
-largest ethnic mix
Economy
-farming – “bread” states
-trading
-manufacturing, ship building, iron industry
Politics
-land owning men could vote

4. Southern Colonies Religion -Anglican church (Church of England) Social
-class system
Economy
-plantations grew rice, tobacco, indigo and cotton
Poitics
-land owning men could vote (had fewer property owners in South)
Plantation owners
yeoman farmers
indentured servants
slaves

5. Mercantilism
Goal of England was to export more than it imported (favorable balance of trade)
Colonists provided raw materials to England then bought finished products from England (clothing, tools, etc.)
Navigation Acts created laws that enforced mercantilism
Result – transferred wealth from America to England
Smuggling

7. The Great Awakening 1720 – 1740s George Whitefield Jonathan Edwards
- “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
The Great Awakening – 1740s
Results -religious pluralism -colleges
-1st mass movement across sectional and denominational boundaries
- leads to ideas of uniting the colonies

8. African Slavery
African slave trade began in 1500s because of labor shortages
Middle Passage – route from Africa to the Americas
Southern plantations
Resistance
- run away - passive resistance - rebellions

9. Native Americans & Settlers of Jamestown
First clash between Powhatan & English in Jamestown
Bacon’s Rebellion in Jamestown, VA