1. Startup
Take out your Verbal and Visual Vocab. Development Worksheet and complete the boxes for Puritans, Jointstock Companies, and Headrights.

2. LEQ: What was the social, economic and political conditions of the Middle and Southern colonies?

3. A New Era of Colonization
Restoration of English monarchy
Peace within England

4. A New Era of Colonization
King Charles II establishes proprietary colonies
P.C.: grants of land to loyal friends.

5. Middle Colonies - Conflict
Charles II gives his brother New Amsterdam
New Am. is already controlled by the Dutch

6. Middle Colonies- Conflict
English take over the town and it is renamed New York

7. Middle Colonies- New York
A variety of people lived in New York:
English
Dutch
Germans
French
Native Americans
Enslaved Africans
Germans 1874

8. Present day New York

9. The Middle Colonies- Quakers
Founded PA
Father of William Penn given land by king
Escaping persecution

10. The Middle Colonies- Society
In states like PA, religious refugees will dominate society
(think Amish)

11. The Middle Colonies- Economy
The Breadbasket
Ideal for producing grains
Fertile soil allowed for farmers to have a surplus

12. The Middle Colonies- Political (Maryland)
Refuge for persecuted Catholics
Led by George Calvert
Charles I grants Chesapeake Bay
Colony will be called Maryland

13. Now Let’s See It! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7TQL11jHeE (3 min)

14. The Southern Colonies- The Carolinas (Political)
Carolinas were land grants
8 men co-owned the Carolinas (Lord Proprietors)

15. The Southern Colonies- The Carolinas
Southern Carolina established Charles Town
Major port city
Shipped indigo and rice
Large plantations

16. The Southern Colonies- The Carolinas
Northern Carolina had small farms
1729 the king divided the Carolinas

17. The Southern Colonies- Georgia
James Oglethorpe founded Georgia as a buffer between the Carolinas and Florida (owned by Spanish)

18. The Southern Colonies- Economy
The Plantation System
Requires large # of workers
Will contribute to the growth of slavery

19. The Southern Colonies- Social, Economic and Political
Farming will dominate their society

20. Now Lets See It