1. New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
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2. Vocabulary
Congregation – a group of people who belong to the same church
Subsistence farming – grow only enough for yourself

3. Result of Roanoke blunder
After the failure of Roanoke, England focused their efforts North
Jamestown and Virginia grew populated with tobacco plantations
“Fringe” colonists such as hunters, trappers, etc. began to spread South in 1655

4. Albemarle No direct migration from England to North Carolina
Strictly inter colony migration
Albemarle settlement comprised of substance farmers
Historians call Albemarle first “truly American” settlement

5. New England Colonies
John Winthrop, a governor from England, established the puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony
Successful due to preparedness and harbor
Massachusetts Bay Colony absorbed Plymouth and became Massachusetts

6. The way of New England Puritans believed in hard work and community
Congregations set up their own towns with the church as the “center”
Preach about the “New England Way”
Godliness, hard work, and honesty

7. Other New England Colonies
Puritan intolerance lead to new colonies
Connecticut established based on any religion in government
New Hampshire established based on freedom to fur trade and fish

8. Middle Colonies
Northern boarder of Massachusetts, Southern boarder of Virginia
Large territory between became the Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

9. Reasons for Middle Colonies
Northern for Religion
Southern for gold/crops
Middle colonies established for combination of all reasons
English, Dutch, Swedish all were attracted to middle colonies

11. New York Dutch first established New Amsterdam for trade
Dutch area was overtaken and split by English and named after Duke of York
Forming New Jersey and New York as English colonies
Delaware and Pennsylvania were later carved out

12. Read pg 90-91 (section All faiths accepted in Pennsylvania and The middle colonies prosper)
Explain why the middle colonies were successful.
Explain why Pennsylvania was successful.
Compare the successes of both the middle colonies and Pennsylvania.
(can include reasoning from New England section of PP)

13. Southern Colonies
Maryland was established as a safe haven for Catholics
Spain and Portugal = Catholics
England = Anglican (Church of England)
George Calvert or Lord Baltimore asked his buddy the king for colonial land
Granted but he died, Son began colony

14. Carolina King Charles II gave land to 8 Lord Proprietors
Helped him with restoring Constitutional Monarchy in England
Did not make money as hoped by renting land to settlers

15. North and South Carolina
Charlestown had been established and was creating wealth
Albemarle was staying the same and causing political unrest
The two parts grew differently until in 1712 the colony was split in to North and South

16. Georgia Established as a place for debtors to live
And to keep the Spanish in Florida
Not many debtors came to settle and war broke out in Florida between Spanish and Native Americans
Strict land rules also slowed growth

17. Southern Colonies Dates
Jamestown founded in 1607
Maryland began in 1630
Carolinas settled in the 1660s
Georgia in early 1700s

18. Southern Living North grew to living in towns
South remained a plantation location
Plantation – a large farm on which crops are grown for sale
NC remained small farms due to location
SC grew with tobacco and rice production

19. Charlestown
For plantation owners and traders Charlestown became the hot place
Shops, theaters, fine London fashions
For enslaved people it was the sight of the largest slave trade in the Southern Colonies