1. Colonial Economies
Economy: how people make and spend money.

2. New England Colonies
Short growing season and rocky soil made farming difficult.
Small subsistence farms where just enough was grown to feed the family.

3. New England Colonies
Closeness to Atlantic made fishing and whaling leading economic activities.

4. New England Colonies Whaling

5. New England Fishing Fish were plentiful off New England.
Catch was salted to preserve it and exported to Europe.

6. New England Shipbuilding and Trade
New Englanders began building their own ships.
Ships were used in trade with England and other countries.
Other nations bought New England ships.

7. New England Lumber Forests were plentiful. Lumber was a big industry.
Lumber is a raw material.
Furniture is an example of a finished product.

8. Raw materials

9. Finished Products

10. Triangular Trade
describes the trade routes between the Colonies, Europe, and Africa.
Raw materials sent from colonies to Europe.
Finished products sent to Africa in exchange for slaves.
Slaves sent to colonies.

11. Triangular Trade

12. The Middle Colonies “The Breadbasket Colonies”
Much of the grain used throughout the colonies came from the Middle Colonies

13. The Middle Colonies Farming
Longer growing seasons and good soil.
Farming was the main occupation.
Wheat, oats, corn and barley were grown.
These grains are used to make bread.
The Middle Colonies were known as the “Breadbasket Colonies” because they exported grain to other colonies.

14. Middle Colonies Mills

15. The Middle Colonies Mills
Grains taken to grist mills.
Grist mills ground grain into flour, which was used to make bread.
Grist mills were powered by water wheels.
Excess flour was sold to people in other colonies.

16. Middle Colonies Artisans and Craftsmen

17. Middle Colonies Artisans and Craftsmen
Made things that most people couldn’t make for themselves.
Iron pots and pans, glassware, furniture.

18. Middle Colonies Conestoga Wagons
German settlers built them to help carry their products to towns for sale.
These covered wagons quickly became the SUV’s of the colonies.
Conestoga wagons were important in settling the west.

19. Middle Colonies Diversity
Settlers from many different nations moved to the Middle Colonies.
They brought with them many different religions, languages, and cultures.
The Quaker influence led to a spirit of toleration in the Middle Colonies.
Slavery was uncommon in the Middle Colonies.

20. The Southern Colonies
Beautiful homes, rich fertile soil, long growing seasons. The Southern Colonies were a paradise. If you were a plantation owner!

21. The Southern Colonies
The southern colonies had a very long growing season and very fertile soil.
This made growing cash crops very profitable.
Labor on large farms was done by slaves imported from Africa.
Slaves were considered property and not people.
Slaves had no rights at all.

22. The Southern Colonies Cash Crops
Farmers in the Southern Colonies grew tobacco, rice, and indigo.

23. Southern Colonies Plantations
Plantations were large farms in the Southern colonies.
Plantations could have thousands of acres.
Plantations were almost entirely self-sufficient.
Almost everything they needed was made on the plantation.

24. Southern Colonies Plantations
Southern Plantation house
View of 18th Century Plantation

25. Slave House

26. Slave Life Worked long days
Lived in small one room cabins and slept on cots
Were beaten if they weren’t doing enough work
Received small amounts of food
Were viewed as property not as people

27. Stono Rebellion
Group of slaves rebelled and killed some planter families
White militia finally stopped them and executed any slaves that didn’t die during the battle
The rebellion led to stricter slave codes and made slave life much more difficult

28. Stono Rebellion