1. Run of the mill stuff, in a Run of the mill PowerPoint.
Colonial Regions
Run of the mill stuff, in a Run of the mill PowerPoint.

2. New England Colonies Focused on religion; Puritans not tolerant;
Mostly English
Boston – port
Triangle Trade
Value hard work & thrift
Towns, small farms

3. Middle Colonies Catholics (MD) & Quakers (PA) Tolerant/flexible
Germans, Scots-Irish, Dutch, Swedes
New York City; Baltimore; Philadelphia = Ports

4. Southern Colonies Church of England; close ties to England
Dominated by Eastern planters
Cash Crops (Tobacco)
Based on wealth; land ownership
Port = Charleston, SC
Who did the work?
SLAVES

5. Triangle Trade
A triangle of trade formed between the Colonies, Africa , Europe.
Exports from Africa to the Colonies were slaves. Known as “the middle passage”
Exports of the N. Colonies to the Europe were sugar, tobacco, and cotton.
Exports from the Europe to Africa were rum, textiles and manufactured goods.