1. New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies
Colonial America
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

2. Colonial America
Most of the homes in colonial America were replicas of the English cottages in England.
They are made of wood boards and they have steep thatched roofs.
The cottages have only room called a keeping room.
There is a fireplace for warmth and cooking.

3. Colonial Clothing
Boys and men wore breeches. Breeches are short pants that stop at the knee. Along with the breeches, boys and men were long stockings up to the knee.
Girls and Women wore long wool skirts, aprons, and coifs. Coifs are like bonnets, or a type of hat.

4. Colonial Food
Colonists grew corn and other vegetables. Much of the corn is ground into cornmeal for making cornbread.
They drank milk from goats and they ate ham and bacon from their pigs.
The got eggs from their chickens.
To preserve their meats, they salt or smoke the meat to prevent it from spoiling.

5. Colonial Food
Extra food was stored in dirt undergrounds called cellars.

6. Different Colonies
Colonies were divided according to the region of the country they were located:
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

7. New England Colonies New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island
Conneticut

8. New England Colonies rich in forest and fur trapping
Farmland was only good enough for small farms; gardens
flourished in fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, and fur trading
things traded– furs, slaves, and molasses

9. Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware

10. Middle Colonies
excellent farmland; farmers grew grains and raised livestock
natural harbors
practiced trading like New England, traded raw materials for manufactured items (furniture)
established the idea of the freedom of the press

11. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia

12. Southern Colonies
grew their own food along with major cash crops: tobacco, rice, and indigo
plantations were kept up by slaves and indentured workers
Bacon’s Rebellion– Nathaniel Bacon led a group of Virginia colonist against Native Americans who were attacking frontier farms

13. Reading Selections Clothes in Colonial America
Food in Colonial America
Fun and Games in Colonial America
Pocahontas: Peacemaker and Friend to the Colonists
The Plymouth: Pilgrim’s Story of Survival
These books are located in George Hall’s library.