1. 13 Colonies: Early America Do Now: Complete the map of the 13 colonies without your textbook or planner. When finished answer the following question: -Why did groups of people like the Pilgrims come to America?

2. Agenda Do Now Go over HW Notes Closure Essex Ag. Tech High School - U.S. I

3. New England Colonies Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire

4. The New England Colonies Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut

5. New England Climate and Physical Features – Rocky Soils – Short farming season – Bad farming conditions – Great harbors for port Cities like Boston

6. New England (Pros) Economic Advantage – Commercial businesses ($$$) Fishing Shipping Manufacturing (Lumber) Shipbuilding Factories (Textiles)

7. New England Why colonies were started? – Religious freedom – Pilgrims, Puritans fled England for Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay Colony: Founded in 1630 Rhode Island & Connecticut: Founded in 1636 New Hampshire: Founded in 1638.

8. Middle Colonies Delaware Pennsylvania New York New Jersey

9. The Middle Colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware

10. Middle Colonies Climate and Physical Features – Good Soil for grain and cattle – Longer growing seasons than New England – Ok Harbors

11. Middle Colonies Economic Advantage – Known as the “Breadbasket” Grew crops like wheat, corn and potatoes. – Provided food for other colonies – Some shipping and manufacturing

12. Middle Colonies Why colonies were started – Religious Freedom (Quakers like William Penn at Philadelphia). – Attracted many immigrants Make money through trade (New York and New Jersey)

13. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

14. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

15. Southern Colonies Climate and Physical Features – Great Soil – Warm Weather/climate – Very long growing seasons – Bad harbors

16. Southern Colonies Economic Advantage – Focused on farming cash crops – Large plantation farms for tobacco, cotton, and indigo – Almost no shipping

17. Southern Colonies Why colonies were started – Almost all were started to make money by growing cash crops – Maryland was started for religious freedom – Georgia (not founded until 1732) A place for criminals/ debtors

18. The Development of Democratic Ideas How were they controlled? What advantages did settlers have? What disadvantages did settlers have?

19. Magna Carta-1215 1 st document to limit power of English rulers – Kings and queens must obey the law too! Major step toward constitutional government Where? - England

20. Colonial Government – 1600s The governor of colony represented King Colonists voted for members of a legislature (assembly)

21. Mayflower Compact - 1620 1 st document to establish self-government, popular sovereignty and rule of law in the colonies Where? New England Colonies (Massachusetts Bay Colony)

22. The Navigation Acts Idea that the colonies exist as a market for their home-country. (Supplier of goods and materials) All trade with other nations needs to go through the home-country. Series of Navigation Acts began in 1651 All trade had to be on English or colonial ships Products like (tobacco, sugar, indigo, cotton, etc.) could be shipped only to England or another English colony Certain English-made goods (gunpowder, silk) were subsidized to undercut European competitors

23. Closure: What similarities can we draw? Why did the Colonies begin? How is this the same or different from today?

24. Reasons why the colonies began God – Religious Freedoms The Puritans and the Pilgrims fled from England to the colonies Glory – Wanted the fame of starting a new country Gold – People could make lots of money in the colonies especially on plantations