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Thirteen Colonies

Thirteen Colonies. New England Colonies. 1. Massachusetts 1620 2. Connecticut 1635 3. Rhode Island 1636 4. New Hampshire 1638. Reasons settled. 1. Religious freedom 2. Trade. Climate. Bitter cold winters Short growing seasons. Soil. Hard, rocky soil

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Thirteen Colonies

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  1. Thirteen Colonies

  2. New England Colonies • 1. Massachusetts 1620 • 2. Connecticut 1635 • 3. Rhode Island 1636 • 4. New Hampshire 1638

  3. Reasons settled • 1. Religious freedom • 2. Trade

  4. Climate • Bitter cold winters • Short growing seasons

  5. Soil • Hard, rocky soil • Subsistence Farming: farmers can barely grow enough crops to feed their families.

  6. Major Products to make $ • 1.Industry • 2. Shipbuilding • 3. Fishing/Whaling

  7. Famous People/Events • Pilgrims • William Bradford • Thanksgiving • Puritans wanted to change from the Church of England

  8. Details • Mayflower Compact 1620-signed by Pilgrims- promised to follow laws and rules for good of the colony. Basis for our government. • Salem Witch Trials 1692

  9. Middle Colonies • 1. New York 1620 • 2.Delaware 1628 • 3. New Jersey 1638 • 4. Pennsylvania 1682

  10. Reasons settled • 1. Business profit & trade • 2. Religious reasons

  11. Climate • Cold winters • Average growing seasons

  12. Soil • Rocky coastline but some rolling green hills

  13. Major products • Small farms • Grain, cattle

  14. Famous People/Events • *William Penn (Pennsylvania) established the Quaker religion based on toleration and abolishing slavery

  15. Details • *William Penn established Pennsylvania as a “Holy Experiment” • He sais “any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule (and the people have decided on those laws!” • New York was originally a Dutch colony until the British took it away. 1st diverse colony in New World

  16. Southern Colonies • 1. Virginia 1607 Jamestown • 2. Maryland 1634 • 3/4. North/South Carolina 1660-1670 • 5. Georgia 1753

  17. Reasons settled • Mercantilism a country’s power depends on its wealth; profit from trade • Georgia founded as a colony for debtors

  18. Climate • warm, damp, humid weather • long growing season

  19. Soil • moist, rich soil

  20. Major products • Tobacco (1st cash crop) • Lumber, rice • Agricultural Society (farming) • slaves

  21. Famous People • James Oglethorpe established Georgia as a place for debtors and prisoners

  22. Details • Jamestown survived because of tobacco and the arrival of women. Originally all male colony searching for gold • House of Burgesses 1st representative form of government in New World. • Slaves 1st brought to America to work tobacco plantations in southern colonies. • Triangular Trade Route

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