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The New World

The New World.

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The New World

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  1. The New World These words throughout Europe greatly stimulated the European monarchs for overseas exploration and colonization. Where they explored and colonized depended on the ocean currents, weather patterns, and where rival powers had claimed their land. England started colonizing along the Atlantic Ocean.

  2. English Colonies

  3. Thirteen Colonies The 13 colonies are broken up into regions. Regions: an area grouped all together by a common characteristics The Thirteen colonies were divided into three regions based on the type of people that lived there, the climate, and the physical geography of the area.

  4. New England Colonies

  5. New England Colonies New England Colonies Who Reasons Geography Economy $$$ Colonies lumbering Long winters Massachusetts English people To practice their religion without fear of persecution Ship building New Hampshire Lots of trees and rocky soil Puritans Pilgrims Fishing Rhode Island Not good for farming Connecticut

  6. 1620

  7. 1635 *

  8. 1636

  9. 1638

  10. Reason Settled:RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!

  11. MAJOR PRODUCTS: How did they make money? industry shipbuilding fishing

  12. Climate and Farming: CLIMATE: • Extremely cold winter • Short growing season FARMING: • NOT GOOD   • Hard / rocky soil • NOT good  

  13. PEOPLE OFNEW ENGLAND

  14. Pilgrims • Arrived on the Mayflower • Wanted religious freedom • Led by William Bradford and landed at Plymouth • Signed the Mayflower Compact (remember…it was the 1st self-government

  15. Puritans Better Church of England • Puritan Beliefs: • They were the “chosen people” • Very smart • Church & state should work together

  16. Puritans Leave Massachusetts • 1st group to Connecticut • Wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which was the 1st Written Constitution in America • Author was Thomas Hooker • Gave a detailed description of representative government

  17. Middle Colonies

  18. Middle Colonies Middle Colonies (Bread Basket) Who Reasons Geography Economy $$$ Colonies Small farms Cold winters Religious freedom New York Dutch Wheat and grains Delaware Better climate than New England Germans trade Swedes trade New Jersey Lots of hills and trees Pennsylvania mining Iron ore

  19. 1620 *

  20. 1638

  21. 1638

  22. 1682

  23. REASONS SETTLED: • Business profit and trade • Religious freedom

  24. MAJOR PRODUCTS & Harvesting grain Cattle

  25. CLIMATE AND FARMING Climate • Cold winters • Average growing season Farming • OK  • Coastline rocky but some rolling green hills

  26. PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES

  27. Quakers • Leader was William Penn • Sought religious freedom and trade for money • Led a simplistic lifestyle • Religious toleration—church services unnecessary • Believed in no violence to anyone and that slavery was bad

  28. Pennsylvania & the Quakers HOW DID THEY END UP HERE? • King Charles II owed the Penn family money • Repaid them with land in America • So…William Penn brought the Quakers to the New World (against his father’s wishes)

  29. Was called the “Holy Experiment” • Established Philadelphia, which became known as the “City of Brotherly Love” • “any government is free to the people under it…where the laws rule” • Called the “melting pot city” because all foreigners were welcome

  30. New York • The English took New Netherlands away from the Dutch and renamed it New York • Had lots of ethnic diversity (Italians, Dutch, French, Irish) • Trade was great because of the large harbor area • Fastest growing of all the colonies

  31. New Jersey • Was a proprietary colony • Known for ethnic diversity • Allowed religious freedom • 1st to have trial by jury • Representative government

  32. Delaware • Formed for Pennsylvania’s access to the Atlantic Ocean • Why was this important? FOR TRADE!

  33. Southern Colonies

  34. Southern Colonies Southern Colonies (farms and plantations) Who Reasons Geography Economy $$$ Colonies farms English – looking for profit Mild winters profit Virginia Plantations Maryland New opportunities Fertile soil Cash Crops North Carolina Lots of flat land tobacco South Carolina rice Georgia

  35. 1607 (Jamestown)

  36. 1634

  37. 1660-1670

  38. 1660-1670

  39. 1733

  40. REASONS SETTLED: • Mercantilism (a state’s power depends on its wealth) • Profit from trade

  41. MAJOR PRODUCTS: • Agriculture • Tobacco – 1st cash crop • Lumber • Rice

  42. CLIMATE AND FARMING CLIMATE • Warm, humid • Long growing season FARMING • GREAT!    • Moist, rich soil

  43. MARYLAND • Established by Lord Baltimore • Settled by Roman Catholics fleeing persecution in England • Passed the Toleration Act— provided religious freedom • Farmed tobacco

  44. Carolina • Was swampy & humid • Poor administration • Used Natives as slave labor • Caused many battles • Proprietors were no help so the king took over • Separated into North and South

  45. GEORGIA • Settled by General James Oglethorpe • Purpose was to give debtors a new start • Slavery was not allowed • Allowed religious freedom

  46. Jamestown, Virginia • Tobacco & women were the reason for the survival of Jamestown • Swamp brought disease • House of Burgesses was the 1st representative government

  47. SLAVERYSlavery becomes a worldwide mistake

  48. Start of Slavery • Africans were not the 1st • 1st – Indentured Servants (poor white English people who borrowed money to get to America)

  49. 2nd – Native Americans (began to die of disease or escaped)

  50. 3rd—Africans (slaves were critical for the tobacco harvest)

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