1. Ch 1, Sec 1.
Converging
Cultures.

3. A. Geography and culture of 13 Colonies.
1. New England – Subsistence farming (your own family) due to thin and rocky soil; maritime activity; lumber; Puritans in Mass.

4. 2. Middle Colonies – wheat was main cash crop; new wave of immigrants moved here; “holy experiment” for religious freedom and voice in gov’t in Penn. by William Penn & Quakers.
William Penn

5. William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, by Benjamin West (1771-72)
1682 Founding of Penn.
Penn bought land from the Indians with cloth and other goods.
Painted after Penn died.

6. 3. Southern Colonies – tobacco was. main cash crop; plantations;
3. Southern Colonies – tobacco was main cash crop; plantations; proprietary colony (Maryland) with one owner and can
govern how
they wanted.
Proprietary Colony - coin money, appoint gov’t
officials, tax, and raise an army.
George Calvert (aka Lord Baltimore) wanted to
make a Catholic refuge, Maryland passed
the Toleration Act in 1649; grant religious
toleration to all Christians in colony.

7. a). Indentured servants (James. Oglethorpe helped create Georgia) –
a) Indentured servants (James Oglethorpe helped create Georgia) – poor British signed contracts w/ colonists.
b) Slave codes – kept Africans from owning property, receiving an education, moving about freely, or meeting in large numbers.
 Indentured servants - Agreed to work for 4 or more years in return for paid
passage to America, free food, clothing, and shelter.
 People were imprisoned in England if they could not pay their taxes/debts.

9. 4. Women – Like Jews, did not have equal rights; Married women could not own property, make contracts, or wills.
Husbands could physically discipline children & wives.
Single women had more rights.