1. 1750 British North America
13 Colonies divided into New England, Middle, Chesapeake and Deep South
Characterized by?
Are British colonies more similar or different?
How do they define themselves?

3. What is a colony? Salutary Neglect-
What is the parent/child analogy related to colonization?

4. Government British Government set up? Colonial Government set up?
Colonial legislatures, colonial governors
Terms: House of Burgesses, town meetings, etc.
Who has ultimate authority to make final decisions?

7. Types of Colonies
Royal colony- Royal Governor answers to king examples? Virginia
Proprietary colony- Colony given to man or group to settle Georgia…..Pa…..S.Carolina
Charter Colony? Virginia begins as one with Virginia Company and Mass begins as one

8. Reason for Settlement Virginia? Massachusetts? Rhode Island? Maryland?
Pennsylvania?
New Amsterdam? New York?
South Carolina?
Georgia?

9. Economics Triangular Trade: Trade from Europe to Africa to America
Mercantilism: European policy that colonies exist for the economic benefit of the mother country……colonies provide raw materials…..mother country provides manufactured goods
Most colonists are farmers…….
N. England economy?

11. Economics Middle Colonies: Cash Crop farms/Plantations
Chesapeake colonies:
Lower South colonies:

15. Religion American colonies founded off of Protestant Reformation-
Almost all colonists Protestant
Each of the colonies religiously different story
Mass, Ct.- Theocracy!!!!!overwhelmingly Puritan….Congregational and homogenous
Rhode Island great exception to New England homogenous story….R.I. begun in opposition to Mass allowing for religious freedom

16. Colonial Religion Cont.
Pennsylvania: William Penn is originator:
Pa. originally founded as place for Quakers
How different from Puritans in Mass?
Overwhelmingly diverse with many denominations
Virginia- Initially Anglican or Church of England in 1700’s new development of methodists and baptists and others
Maryland- Initially founded for Catholics…
Act of Toleration 1649 famous for allowing all Christians freedom of religion

17. Social Populace
New England overwhelmingly living in small towns with homogenous populace
Central N.England hub?
Middle Colonies- overwhelmingly fertile areas for great growing opps. Breadbasket of the colonies overwhelmingly heterogenous
Middle colonial hub?
Chesapeake and Lower South very few towns
Hub of Lower South?
Usually live on farms or plantations overwhelmingly biracial

21. Labor Source of midcentury
Indentured Servants prominent in colonies especially in 1600’s
What is an ind. Servant?
African Slavery becomes prominent in 1700’s
Where is African slavery legal in the colonies?
How is it different in the different regions?

25. How are colonists similar?
When do colonies first find common interest?