1. Triangular Trade

2. New England Colonies Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut
New Hampshire

3. Geography New England is right off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean
Winters are long and the weather is not very warm
Soil is not good for farming
Plenty of forests and trees

4. Economy
Shipbuilding
Fishing
Whaling

5. Social and Religion
Apprentices - boys went to school until the age of 12
For 2 years they would learn a craft from a master
This work was not paid
They would live with the master’s family

8. Key Vocabulary
Mercantilism – colonies exist for the good of the mother country
Dissenter – person who speaks out
Great Awakening – religious revival; reject government

9. The Middle Colonies “The Breadbasket Colonies”
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania

10. Social and Religion Diverse population religious toleration
Maryland = Catholic
Pennsylvania = Quakers

11. Economic Activities Small scale farming for grain and wheat
Fur trading
Shipbuilding

12. Mills A mill is a machine that processes grain
Gristmill: place where corn, wheat or rye is ground up and turned into a powder

13. The Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia

14. Economy
Cash crops – tobacco, rice and indigo
Plantations
Slave labor

15. Indigo Plants