Colonial Regions

1. ColonialRegions 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 EnglandGeography • 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. 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. New EnglandCulture

6. New EnglandHome 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. Self-Governing Charters Town Meetings The Mayflower Compact – first governing document The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New EnglandGovernment New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island

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

9. 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 Mid-Atlantic ColoniesCulture

10. Mid-Atlantic ColonyHome 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. Proprietary Charters Religious Freedom and Tolerance Freedom of the Press Strong Courts Mid-Atlantic ColoniesGovernment New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware

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

13. Southern ColoniesPeople • English Plantation Owners • Indentured Servants • Transported Criminals and Slaves.

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

15. Southern ColoniesHome 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. 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 Southern ColoniesGovernment Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

17. 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. Colonial RegionsVocabulary

18. 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. Colonial RegionsVocabulary

19. ColonialRegions Jamestown Game