1. Environment, Culture, and Migration.
Colonial Regions
Environment, Culture, and Migration.

2. SS4H3 The student will explain the factors that shaped British colonial America. a. Compare and contrast life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies. b. Describe colonial life in America as experienced by various people, including large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans.
SS4G2 The student will describe how physical systems affect human systems. c. Explain how the physical geography of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies helped determine economic activities practiced therein.

3. The Three Regions
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

4. New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island

5. New England Environment
Northern Eastern Woodlands
Very Short Growing Season
Long Cold Winters
Large Forests
On the Atlantic Ocean
Hilly terrain with rocky soil

6. New England Culture PRODUCTS PEOPLE Shipbuilding
Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar)
Subsistence Farming
Fishing
Manufactured Trade Goods – trade center because ships could transport goods in and out of area
PEOPLE
Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules
Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers

7. Middle Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

8. Middle Colonies Environment
Lower Eastern Woodlands
Medium growing season and cold winters
Many lakes and rivers for transportation

9. Middle Colonies Culture
PRODUCTS
Livestock – rich farmland allowed farmers to grow grain to feed livestock
Called the Bread Colonies
Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye
Made homespun products
PEOPLE
People from: England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and others
Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews

10. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia

11. Southern Colonies Environment & Culture
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains
Long growing season and fertile land
Warm temperatures for most of the year
PRODUCTS
Agriculture – mild climate was good for growing crops
Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton
Trade “cash crops” farmed on Plantations
Purchased manufactured goods

12. Southern Colonies Culture
Anglicans
English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves
Southern Colonies Culture

13. Colonial Regions People
Large Landowners: They were wealthy farmers who owned large plantations in the south. They did not have to do the work themselves because they relied on slaves and indentured servants.
Indentured Servants: People brought to the colonies who had to work for a certain time to pay for their trip. Being an indentured servant was considered better than being a slave.
Slaves: They had the hardest lives. They were treated as property.

14. Colonial Regions People
Farmers: They were not as wealthy as large landowners. They had to do the work themselves often with the help of their family.
Artisan: Artisans were skilled in an art form or craft. They live in towns, plantations, small villages, and cities. Sometimes women were artisans.

15. Colonial Regions People
Native Americans: First Americans who depended on their environment for their survival. They traded with the colonists for certain items. Conflict with the colonists arose when colonists began taking over more of their land.
Women: They were caretakers, house workers, and homemakers. They were not allowed to vote and were usually not allowed to get an education.

16. Colonial Regions
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