1. 9/28 Learning Target
I can compare and contrast the 3 major regions of the 13 colonies

2. The Three Regions
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

3. New England Environment
Northern Eastern Woodlands
Very Short Growing Season
Long Cold Winters
Large Forests
On the Atlantic Ocean

4. New England Culture PRODUCTS
Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar)
Dried Fish
Rum and other Manufactured Trade Goods
PEOPLE
Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules.
Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers.

5. New England Government
Self-Governing Charters
Town Meetings
The Mayflower Compact
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island

6. Middle Colonies Environment
Lower Eastern Woodlands
Medium growing season and cold winters.
Many lakes and rivers for transportation.

7. Middle Colonies Culture
PRODUCTS
Called the Bread Colonies
Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye.
Made homespun products.
Traded very little.
PEOPLE
People from: England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and others.
Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews.

8. Middle Colonies Government
New York
Religious Freedom and Tolerance
Freedom of the Press
Strong Courts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

9. Southern Colonies Environment & Culture
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains.
Long growing season and fertile land.
Warm for most of the year
PRODUCTS
Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton.
Trade “cash crops” farmed on Plantations.
Purchase manufactured goods.

10. Southern Colonies Culture
Anglicans
English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves.
Southern Colonies Culture

11. Southern Colonies Government
Maryland
Virginia
Colonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Company or Proprietors.
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

12. Fill in Graphic Organizer
Do Map work
Fill in Graphic Organizer
On the BACK answer the thinking critically questions on pate 60-61

13. Gallery Walk
Walk around the room, looking at the pictures, and answering the questions at the bottom of each picture.