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DSS Questions Week of 11/12-14. Tuesday, November 12 th DSS Questions. What were the three regions of the 13 colonies? Which region was North Carolina in? What state do we know today that was apart of Massachusetts colony? What was the mother country of the 13 colonies?.
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Tuesday, November 12thDSS Questions • What were the three regions of the 13 colonies? • Which region was North Carolina in? • What state do we know today that was apart of Massachusetts colony? • What was the mother country of the 13 colonies?
Wednesday, November 13thDSS Questions • What was the first successful English colony in the New World? • Name three of the five Southern Colonies. • Who was the founder of Pennsylvania colony? • Who was the colony of New York named after?
Thursday, November 14thDSS Questions • What was the main reason for founding the New England colonies? • What colony did William Penn lead and what was special about it? • Name two of the Quakers beliefs.
5th Period:Come in, take out your laptops and go to Quizlet.com
Good Morning Sunshines! Get your DSS notebook and your ISNs and open to your chart from yesterday!
13 Original Colonies Get out a pencil, a ruler from the back table and three colored pencils.
Colonies Chart • Make a chart : • 4 columns across the top • 14 rows down the sides (one at the top for titles, and 13 for colonies) • I made each of my rows about 1 inch and 1/4
3 regions • New England Colonies • Middle Colonies • Southern Colonies
New England Colonies • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New Hampshire
Middle Colonies • New York • Pennsylvania • New Jersey • Delaware
Southern Colonies • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia
Massachusetts • New England • 1629 • John Winthrop
Rhode Island • New England • 1635 • Roger Williams
Connecticut • New England • 1636 • Thomas Hooker
New Hampshire • New England • 1623 • Sir Ferdinand Gorges and John Mason
New York • Middle • 1664 • Peter Minuit (Dutch) and Duke of York (English)
Pennsylvania • Middle • 1682 • William Penn
New Jersey • Middle • 1664 • Lord Berkeley and Sir George Cateret
Delaware • Middle • 1638 • Peter Minuit
Maryland • Southern • 1632 • Lord Baltimore
Virginia • Southern • 1607 • John Smith
North Carolina • Southern • 1712 • 8 English Nobles
South Carolina • Southern • 1712 • 8 English Nobles
Georgia • Southern • 1732 • James Oglethorpe
New England Region IMPORTANT FACTS: Motive for Founding: • Religious freedom Economics: • Shipbuilding • Fishing • Lumbering • Subsistence farming • Manufacturing Society: • Status based on religion • Strict society Government: • Direct Democracy • Conducted through town meetings • Covenant community based on religion
Middle Regions IMPORTANT FACTS: Motive for Founding: • Money, trade, religion Economics: • Small scale farming • Ship-building • Trade • Middle Class Society: • More relaxed than New England colonies • Strong middle class • Religious toleration Government: • Democratic • Emphasis on culture and religion
Southern Region IMPORTANT FACTS: Motive for Founding: • Religious freedom (no persecution) Economics: • Plantations (tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton) • Near the coast • Trading • Hunting • Farming Society: • Based on family status (nobles) and land • Strict social classes Government: • House of Burgesses • 1st elected government in the colonies
House of Burgesses • First legislative (elected) government in North America • Began in Virginia • Started by the Virginia Company • Their goal was to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America to make the colony more inhabitable (livable) to the other colonists • “Burgess” means an elected or appointed official of a city or town to represent the people living there (in a borough)