1. Monday September
Pick up the guided notes template and the bellwork from the front.
Take out your spirals/folders, a pen/pencil, and your bellwork sheet.
Bellwork: What do you think?
What are the meanings of the following words?
Physical Characteristics:
Significance:
Establish:

2. Colonial Regions

3. Colonial Regions 3 regions: New England, Middle, Southern
Similar climate, religion, geography, language, etc.
Appalachian Mountains: natural western boundary to the colonies.
Mercantilism: colonies are a source of raw materials for England and a market for English manufactured goods.
Everything benefits mother country!

4. New England
Physical
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Rocky soil, cold climate, short growing season
Dense forests, natural harbors, fast-flowing rivers
Highest population density; large urban areas & small farms
Key Locations: Plymouth, Boston, Atlantic Ocean

5. New England Social Most live in cities, towns, or villages. (Urban)
Pilgrims (Mass) – inspired other religious groups to migrate
Puritans (Mass) - also fled religious persecution
Strict and intolerant; Ministers heavily influence government
Emphasized education , hard work, and frugality
Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson (Rhode Island)
Religious freedom and tolerance
Thomas Hooker (Connecticut) – religious and political freedom
WATCH VIDEO HERE (We’re The Puritan Faith).

6. New England Economic Trade: harbors and rivers
Fishing and Whaling – relied on Atlantic Ocean
Lumber, shipping, and shipbuilding
Subsistence farming: growing only what you need
Later the New England region’s economy will depend on manufacturing.

7. Tuesday September 13th 2016
Get your spiral/folder, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork sheet.
Bellwork: What do you think?
What were some PHYSICAL differences between the New England Colonies and the Middle Colonies? (In your notes, which you will use after).
Mercantilism explanation.
Desk Announcement
Alternate Assignment info.

8. Middle Physical New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
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Mild climate and fertile soil
River valleys, forests, natural harbors, broad rivers
Higher population density; large urban areas and midsize farms
Key Locations: Philadelphia, New York City, Hudson River

9. Middle Social Religious tolerance; Equality ; Diversity
Quakers: treat all people equally, regardless of wealth, race, religion, or gender.
William Penn: Quaker leader who founded Pennsylvania.
Fled religious persecution from Church of England
Many European groups: Swedish, German, French, Scottish
Some slave labor used at small farms.

10. Middle Economic The “Bread Basket” – large grain farms:
Food crops and livestock; logging, shipbuilding, and trade

11. Southern
Physical
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Warm climate and rich, fertile soil
Natural harbors and navigable rivers
Low population density; rural communities; some port cities (Charleston)
Key Locations: Jamestown, Charleston, Chesapeake Bay

12. Southern
Social
Plantation owners depended on slave labor; small farms used family labor
First Africans came to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619
Georgia founded as a haven for debtors.
Maryland – founded as a refuge for Catholics.

13. Southern
Economic
Cash crops: rice, tobacco, indigo
Trade: export cash crops, import slaves and goods
Plantation System
Based on cash crops: rice, sugar, tobacco, indigo (later cotton)
Increased demand for slave labor and increased slave trade.
Plantation owners’ status based on number of slaves & the amount of land owned
Class-based society

14. Plantation System

15. Study Questions In your spiral, answer the following questions:
What are some Physical similarities/differences of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
What are some Economic similarities/differences of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
What are some Political similarities/differences of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
A Venn Diagram is a good way to answer these
questions without writing a full page of info!