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The Thirteen Original English Colonies

The Thirteen Original English Colonies. Do Now: 9/17/19. Create a questions based on NOTES 4. The 13 English Colonies. New England Middle Colonies Southern Colonies. The Three Regions. Southern Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia. New England New Hampshire

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The Thirteen Original English Colonies

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  1. The Thirteen Original English Colonies

  2. Do Now: 9/17/19 • Create a questions based on NOTES 4

  3. The 13 English Colonies • New England • Middle Colonies • Southern Colonies

  4. The Three Regions • Southern • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia • New England • New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • Middle • New York • Pennsylvania • Delaware • New Jersey

  5. New EnglandEnvironment • Northern Eastern Woodlands • Very short growing season • Long, cold winters • Large forests • Located along the northern Atlantic coast

  6. New EnglandCulture • PRODUCTS • Subsistence Farming • Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar) • Dried Fish • Rum and other Manufactured Trade Goods • PEOPLE • Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules. • Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers.

  7. New EnglandGovernment • Self-Governing Charters • Town Meetings • The Mayflower Compact • The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island

  8. Middle ColoniesEnvironment • Lower Eastern Woodlands • Medium growing season and cold winters. • Many lakes and rivers for transportation.

  9. Middle ColoniesCulture • PRODUCTS • Called the Bread Colonies • Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye. • Made homespun products. • Traded very little. • PEOPLE • People from: England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and others. • Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews.

  10. Middle ColoniesGovernment New York • Proprietary Charters • Religious Freedom and Tolerance • Freedom of the Press • Strong Courts Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware

  11. Southern ColoniesEnvironment & Culture • ENVIRONMENT • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. • Long growing season and fertile land. • Warm for most of the year • PRODUCTS • Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton. • Trade “cash crops” farmed on Plantations. • Purchase manufactured goods.

  12. Anglicans • English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves. Southern ColoniesPeople

  13. Southern ColoniesGovernment Maryland Virginia • Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters. • The House of Burgesses • Colonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Company or Proprietors. North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

  14. Colonial RegionsVocabulary • 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.

  15. Colonial RegionsVocabulary • 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.

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