1. Economies of the 13 Colonies

2. Do Now
SWBAT recognize the economic activities of early America (agriculture, industry, service)
SWBAT explain how the type of land affected the economy in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
Do Now question: What types of things do you get at the mall? Where do you think they came from?

3. Parts in an Economy
Economy: the system of creating, distributing, and using goods and services
Agriculture: growing food or farming land
Example: a farmer
Industry: creating an item to be made or used
Example: person who works at a car production factory
Service: providing help in person
Example: a hairdresser

5. 1. Farming would be considered what part of an economy?
A. agriculture
B. service
C. industry
2. Shipbuilding would be considered what part of an economy?
3. A used car salesman (they didn’t have these back then, only today!) would be considered what part of an economy?

6. The 13 Colonies
The “original 13 colonies” were settled mostly by the English
Separated into 3 distinct regions:
New England
Middle
Southern
Divided by geographical, cultural and economic reasons

7. New England colonies States that were Connecticut New Hampshire
Masachussetts
Rhode Island
(Take this time to color and label these states now)

8. New England Economy
These states are far north, so the growing season was short and the land was rocky  not great farming
Any farming was subsistence farming
Main industries were fishing, timber, and shipbuilding
The industries led to small towns

9. Middle Colonies Included the states of New Jersey Pennsylvania
New York
Delaware
(Fill these in!)

10. Middle Colonies Economy
The land was fertile (had good soil) which was used for agriculture
It was known as the “breadbasket” because it provided a lot of grain
Also industrial economy with large cities that produced iron, paper, and cloth

11. Southern Colonies Included the states of Virginia South Carolina
North Carolina
Maryland
Georgia
(Fill these in!)

12. Southern Colonies Economy
Used plantations (large farm that raises cash crops) to grow tobacco, cotton, indigo (plant that produced blue dye)
-cash crops (crop that is raised to be sold for money rather than to eat)
Year round growing season
Needed a large labor force to farm on a large scale

13. Think, pair, share…predictions!
Which colony is most likely to use slaves?
Which colony probably had to import most of it’s food?
Which colony(s) had the largest cities?

14. Game…
I will give you a statement. You will go to the appropriate corner of the room that has the colony SILENTLY.
You have 5 seconds to think about it, then you will have 5 seconds to get to the appropriate spot in the room.
If you talk or are shoving, then you have to sit out and write answers on the whiteboard.
Questions on directions? Who can repeat?

15. Postcards
You are writing and drawing three separate postcards to a friend: one from the New England colonies, another from the Middle colonies, and a third from the Southern colonies
Write about the different economies in each region, and why they have different economies
Draw a picture using the colored pencils on the back of the postcard

16. Exit Ticket Which colony would use subsistene farming?
Which colony was located furthest north?
This set of colonies grows cash crops.
Which colony had the most amount of fishing and shipbuilding?
Farming would be this type of part of the economy….
A plantation is….
What are the three main cash crops?
Which colony is known as the breatdbasket?