1. The Middle and Southern Colonies

2. The Middle Colonies Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, & Delaware
Major economic activity= farming (grain crops) & Manufacturing
Known as the “Breadbasket” colonies b/c they supplied all others with grain
Traded guns, cloth, glassware & iron products for profit
Had most diverse population due to so many options for making a profit

3. Pennsylvania William Penn Penn was a Quaker Founded Pennsylvania
Escape religious persecution
Penn was a Quaker
Everyone has their own “inner light” from God
No need for a church or ministers
Objected to all political and religious authority
Paying taxes and war
Pacifists – oppose war or violence to settle disputes

4. The Southern Colonies
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia & Maryland
Major economic activity = farming
Major crops = cotton, rice, tobacco
and indigo
Due to large farming activity, slaves were heavily used in these colonies to produce crops (plantations)
These colonies traded surplus crops to England & fed other colony groups

5. House of Burgesses Virginia colony grew quickly
Colonists enjoyed many freedoms
Virginia House of Burgesses – group of colonists who were elected to help the colonial governor make laws for the colony of Virginia.
1st elected group of
colonists who helped to
govern in colonial America

6. Georgia James Oglethorpe Wealthy member of Parliament
Realized many people in England in jail b/c they could not pay their debts
Asked King George II for a colony where poor people could start over