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Three Colonial Regions

Three Colonial Regions. The New England Colonies. Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire Connecticut. The Middles Colonies. New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware. The Southern Colonies. Maryland Virginia South Carolina North Carolina Georgia. Government.

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Three Colonial Regions

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  1. Three Colonial Regions

  2. The New England Colonies • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • New Hampshire • Connecticut

  3. The Middles Colonies • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware

  4. The Southern Colonies • Maryland • Virginia • South Carolina • North Carolina • Georgia

  5. Government • Proprietary Colony (Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) • Land Granted by British King to Proprietors • Charters • Charter Colony (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) • Joint Stock Companies • Colonial Assemblies • Royal Colony (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Georgia) • Directly Controlled by King • Appointed Governors

  6. Economy • New England Colonies • Commerce • Ship Building • Agriculture • Small Farms • Grains • Middle Colonies • Commerce • Agriculture • Small Farms • Grains • Southern Colonies • Agriculture • Large Plantations and Small Farms • Tobacco, Cotton, Rice, Indigo, Grains • Slavery

  7. Triangular Trade Europeans use slave labor to produce in New World, sell goods in Europe, trade goods for slaves in Africa, and repeat

  8. Geography • New England Colonies • Cold weather, rocky terrain limited farming • Boston and Newport develop • Middle Colonies • More suitable soil than in NE, led to wheat as a staple crop • Philadelphia and NYC develop as major cities • Southern Colonies • Climate lends itself to large-scale agriculture • Dependence on slave labor, SC pop. over 50% slave • Charlestown develops

  9. Religion • New England Colonies • Religious Intolerance • Puritans • oligarchy • Separatists • Middle Colonies • Religious Tolerance • Protestant Sects • Catholics • Jews • Southern Colonies • Anglicans • Government support of the church

  10. Life Styles • New England Colonies • Strong Family Units • Longer Life Span • Customs and Traditions- Grandparents • Stability • Community • Religion • Middle Colonies • Family • Community • Diversity • Southern Colonies • Plantation Society • Fewer Families • Less Healthy

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