1. Colonial Regions
SS4H3: The students will explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America

2. Why did the Colonists Come?

3. The Three Regions
New England
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Southern Colonies

4. New England Geography North Eastern Woodlands
Very Short Growing Season
Long Cold Winters
Large Forests
On the Atlantic Ocean-Good Coastal Harbors
Could not navigate through the rivers
Rocky Soil

5. New England Culture PRODUCTS Subsistence Farming
Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar)
Grew corn, dairy, wheat, potatoes, cattle and barley
Dried Fish and whaling
Daily Life
PEOPLE
Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules.
Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers.

6. New England Home Life Wood Plank Houses - built in one day
One long room with a fireplace at one end
Dirt Floors and small windows
There was also a loft that was used to store supplies

7. New England Government
Self-Governing Charters
Town Meetings
The Mayflower Compact – first governing document
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island

8. Mid-Atlantic Colonies Geography
Lower Eastern Woodlands
Medium growing season and cold winters.
Many lakes and rivers for transportation.

9. Mid-Atlantic Colonies Culture
PRODUCTS
Called the bread basket colonies
Farmed and traded wheat, oat, barley and rye.
Made homespun products.
Industrial – textiles, paper and Iron
Cities become a place for a lot of commerce with many merchants, artisans and laborers
PEOPLE
People from: England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and others.
Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews.
Very diverse

10. Mid-Atlantic Colony Home Life
Built log Cabins – Forest
Tables and chairs were made from log slabs held together with wooden pegs
Some fancier homes were one and half stories and had a small front porch
The beds were hidden in walls and the front door was divided into halves

11. Mid-Atlantic Colonies Government
New York
Proprietary Charters
Religious Freedom and Tolerance
Freedom of the Press
Strong Courts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

12. Southern Colonies Geography
Fertile Soil
Forest – Pine
Wetlands
Good Coastal Harbors
Warm Climate all year round

13. Southern Colonies People
English Plantation Owners
Indentured Servants
Transported Criminals and Slaves.

14. Southern Colonies Culture
PRODUCTS
Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton.
Trade “cash crops” farmed on Plantations.
Purchase manufactured goods.

15. Southern Colonies Home Life
Most people lived in small wooden houses
Plantation Mansion – Two stories high and had eight rooms
Main house had imported furniture
Small, one room houses for the servants and the slaves
Each plantation was run like an independent village
The cotton and tobacco plantations used forced slave labor

16. Southern Colonies Government
Maryland
Virginia
Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters- People given land by a British officials to develop it and make the laws
The House of Burgesses
Life in Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

17. Colonial Regions Vocabulary
Merchant: A person who produces or trades goods.
Subsistence Farming: When a family grows only enough food to survive.
Homespun: Products that are made at home (furniture, clothing, etc.)
Cash Crops: Crops that are grown in large amounts and sold for a profit.

18. Colonial Regions Vocabulary
Indentured Servants: People who are brought to the colonies and must work to pay off the trip.
Transported Criminals: Criminals that are taken from jail and made to work in the colonies.
Slaves: People captured in Africa and sold to plantation owners. The plantation owner saw them as property.

19. Colonial Regions
Jamestown Game