1. Miss Springborn Team 6 Social Studies
Notes on the Colonies…
Miss Springborn
Team 6
Social Studies

2. Why be a Colonist?
What would make you want to leave your homeland and travel across the unknown ocean to a strange land??

3. America: What was here…
Opportunity
Mobility
Freedom
Liberty

4. Europe: What they are leaving behind…
Hard Times
Rigidity
Restraint
Persecution

5. Define Motive…
A reason for doing something

6. Three new settlements…
Three Countries
France
Spain
England
Three new settlements…

7. New Spain
All of Southwest United States, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands
MOTIVE- Wanted to get GOLD, slaves for plantations, and sugar plantations
King of Spain in charge of the Spanish lands
Conquistadors (Spanish Soldiers) and Missionaries main group that comes to settle in Americas.

8. New France
All of Canada, St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes, and west of the Mississippi river. Capitol city was Quebec
MOTIVE: Main source of money was through the fur trade
Worked with the Natives to make money, partners
King of France in charge of these settlements
Traders, trappers, and Missionaries were the groups that came to settle in the Americas

9. England: Two Settlements
Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in Massachusetts

10. Jamestown…
Jamestown was created by a Joint Stock Company and wanted to make money
They farmed rice, indigo, and tobacco.
Had a ruling body called the House of Burgesses that would make laws for the community
Jamestown populated by soldiers, indentured servants, strong men, and a few women and children

11. Plymouth
Plymouth was created as a religious haven for the Pilgrims who were not allowed to worship in England
Plymouth was populated by families trying to start a new life
Plymouth was not founded to make a profit, they ruled themselves using the Mayflower Compact as a guide to make laws: SELF-GOVERNING

12. Three Types of English Colonies
Corporate Colonies- A group in charge to make money
Proprietary Colonies- Individuals in charge
Royal Colonies- King in charge

13. Stop taking notes here on 11/6/2015

14. The English Colonies…
The new world for the English could be split into four distinct regions…
New England
Middle
Southern
Frontier

15. New England Colonies…
Cold climate, short growing season, bad for farming
Thick forests
Subsistent Farming- when you grow enough to eat
Mostly turned to sea for fish and whales
Grew corn and wheat as crops

16. Everyday life in New England…
Jobs included fishermen, traders, shipbuilders, and forest workers
Education very important, public schools, students could read the bible
Religion was very important
Mostly English immigrants
Very passionate about democracy
Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact

17. Middle Region… Winter less harsh than New England
Longer growing season
Fertile valleys
Soil great for grains
Nickname the breadbasket colonies because their main crop was GRAINS: including wheat, oats, barley, rye, and corn
Farmers could grow surplus of food

18. Everyday life in the Middle Region
Jobs included farming, shipbuilding, fur trade, and small businesses
Trade school and apprenticeships main source of education
Skilled workers made things like hardware, clocks, glass, nails, and paper
Many different cultures, very different from New England and South
Groups like English, Dutch, German, Scottish, Irish, Swedish and Finns immigrated to this region
More of an emphasis on equality
Early peace with the Native Americans

19. Southern Region…
Long growing season, fertile soil, warm summers, mild winters
CASH CROPS: tobacco, rice, cotton and indigo
Wealthy: Needed slaves to run their large plantations, cheap labor
Small farmers: grew things like corn, grains, and enough for their families

20. Everyday life in the South…
Jobs mainly farming, some lumbering and shipping/trading on the shore
Only the rich were educated, used tutors
Illegal to educate slaves
Mostly Protestant but Maryland had a large number of Catholics
Most immigrants were English, slaves were mostly African
These colonies existed to serve the king, he appointed a governor that ruled in his place

21. South continued… Slavery was major part of the south
Import: products brought into the area
Export: products brought out of an area

22. Frontier Region… Soil was best in the valleys Subsistent Farming
Grew wheat and corn
Raised hogs (pigs)
Made moon shine (whiskey)

23. Everyday life in the Frontier
Jobs included farming and trapping in the fur trade
Self-educated, learned from the Bible
Mostly Protestant, very religious
Immigrants included Scottish, Germans, Irish, and a few English
Very Independent, Strongly Democratic and believed in equality (ready for a rebellion)