1. Colonial
America
Part II: English
Colonies!

2. Early Colonies Roanoke (1587): Lost Colony
Jamestown (1607): 1st Successful colony
founded for economics
Plymouth (1620): Pilgrims religious freedom
Massachusetts Bay (1629):
Puritans religious freedom

3. 13 Colonies
3 Regions
New England
Middle
Southern

4. New England

5. New Enlgand
* Pilgrims & Puritans unite to form
Massachusetts (1691)
* Puritans: strict &
boring - gov’t & life
revolve
around
church
& work

6. New Enlgand
* Many dislike lack of religious freedom
in Mass.
* Found
Connecticut
&
Rhode Island

7. Life in New England
Life in New England
* harsh climate/ soil
* small farms / ocean
economy
* Town Meetings –
early example of
democracy (voting)

8. Middle Colonies

9. Middle Colonies
* New York: taken from Dutch
– Royal Colony
* New Jersey: gift to friends of King’s
brother – Proprietary Colony –
Religious freedom
* Pennsylvania: William Penn &
Quakers – religious freedom

10. Life in Middle Colonies
* Good land for farming – cash crops
* Germans &
Scotch Irish
* Colonial
assemblies elected
representatives

11. Southern Colonies

12. Southern Colonies
* Virginia: founded to make money
* Maryland: founded for Catholics by
Lord Baltimore
* Carolinas: founded to make money –
Later divided into North & South
* Georgia: founded for debtors by
Oglethorpe

13. Life in Southern Colonies
* Plantations: large farms with slaves
grow tobacco, rice, indigo
* House of Burgesses (VA): elected assembly who
made laws for colony
* Life more like England
for gentry