1. Colonial America

2. The Original 13 Colonies

3. The Original 13 Colonies

4. Reasons People Came to the New World
Religious Freedom
Trade/Farming
Debtor Haven

5. Religious Freedom Pilgrims 1620 Puritans 1630 Connecticut 1636
Rhode Island
1638
Maryland 1634
(Catholic colony)
Pennsylvania
1681(Quakers)

6. Trade and/or Farming NH NY NJ
Jamestown,
Virginia 1607
DEL NC SC

7. Debtor Haven
Georgia 1733

8. 3 Regions:
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

9. New England Colonies Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island
New Hampshire

10. Middle Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

11. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia

12. Climate - bitterly cold winters,
mild summers,
short growing season (and rocky soil)
Settlements – small towns, mainly on the coast,
created harbors and ports for trade

13. Resources – forested lands, abundant fish
Economy – shipbuilding, fishing, part of Triangular Trade

14. Triangular Trade

15. The Middle
Passage
This plan above of a slave ship shocked the public when it appeared in It shows how 482 slaves could be packed on board the Brookes of Liverpool for the 6 to 8 week voyage to the West Indies. The Brookes actually carried 609 slaves on one voyage.

16. Middle Colonies Climate – warmer summers=longer growing season
Settlements - on coast or large rivers, large cities on harbors -- New York (the Dutch) and Philadelphia

17. Middle Colonies Resources – land for growing cash crops
The “Breadbasket”
of America
Resources – land for growing cash crops
Economy – cash crops- fruits, vegetables & grains

18. Southern Colonies
Climate – long growing season, warm weather and plentiful rainfall
Resources – rich soil, flat land for large crops

19. Southern colonies Settlements - mainly on large plantations
Economy – tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton crops (raised using slave labor

20. Settlers: 250,000 (1700) to 2,500,000 (1775) Slaves: 28,000 to 500,000
Population Increase
Settlers: 250,000 (1700) to 2,500,000 (1775)
Slaves: ,000 to 500,000

21. Colonies Quiz
#1: Which colonies were known as the “Breadbasket” colonies?
The Middle Colonies: Pennyslvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland

22. Colonies Quiz
#2: Which colony was created for a different reason than the others?
Georgia, as a refuge for debtors.

23. Colonies Quiz New England
#3: The Pilgrims and Puritans settled in which region of the colonies?
New England

24. Colonies Quiz New England
#4: Which region of the colonies was LEAST suited to the use of slave labor?
New England

25. 13 Colonies