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Title each square as follows: New England Colonies’ Economy

Turn your Colonies Flip Book over to the back. Using your pencil, divide the back into four equal squares. Title each square as follows: New England Colonies’ Economy. Middle Colonies’ Economy. Southern Colonies’ Economy. Royal Colonies (Government). Middle Colonies’ Economy.

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Title each square as follows: New England Colonies’ Economy

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  1. Turn your Colonies Flip Book over to the back. Using your pencil, divide the back into four equal squares.

  2. Title each square as follows: New England Colonies’ Economy Middle Colonies’ Economy Southern Colonies’ Economy Royal Colonies (Government)

  3. Middle Colonies’ Economy • Plantations grew grain and wheat to export • Small Family Farms

  4. Southern Colonies’ Economy • Plantations grew cotton, tobacco, and rice to export • The Plantation System used slavery to make a larger profit

  5. Some small family farms

  6. Royal Colonies (Government) 1. King appoints Governor 2. King appoints Council to advise the governor 3. Colonists elect assembly but it has limited power

  7. Front of Foldable Labels • 1st Label Your name • 1st Label 13 Colonies (title of foldable) • 2nd Label 1620Massachusetts (New England Colonies) • 3rd Label 1644Rhode Island • 4th Label1636Connecticut • 5th Label New Hampshire

  8. Front of Foldable Labels 6th Label Pennsylvania 1681 (Middle Colonies) 7th Label New Jersey 8th Label 1613 New York 9th Label 1776 Delaware 10th LabelVirginia 1607(Southern Colonies) 11th Label 1634Maryland 12th Label 1670North Carolina 13th Label 1670 South Carolina 14th Label 1733Georgia

  9. New England Colonies

  10. New England Colonies’ Economy • Small family farms • Small businesses • Fishing • Lumber

  11. Massachusetts

  12. Massachusetts Founded by: The Pilgrims (Plymouth) & Puritans (MA Bay) Founded for: Religious freedom

  13. Government: • The Mayflower Compact (1620) • Began town meetings & democracy • Only Puritan church members could vote Massachusetts

  14. Rhode Island Founded by: Rev. Roger Williams Founded for: Religious freedom

  15. Government: • Had freedom of religion • Separation of church & state • Dealt fairly with Native Americans Rhode Island

  16. Connecticut Founded by: Rev. Thomas Hooker “Father of American Democracy”

  17. Founded because: Hooker and his followers thought the Puritan leaders had too much power. Connecticut

  18. Government: Connecticut • Hooker wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut as a government (1639) (first written constitution in the colonies) • F.O.C. said that ALL men could vote (not just church members)

  19. New Hampshire

  20. New Hampshire Founded by: People who were banished from the Massachusetts colony Founded because: They wanted to get away from strict Puritan rule in MA Bay

  21. Government: Part of Massachusetts first, and then became a Royal Colony New Hampshire

  22. Middle Colonies “The Breadbasket Colonies”

  23. Pennsylvania

  24. Pennsylvania Founded By: William Penn & the Quakers Founded for: Freedom of religion for Quakers

  25. Government: • Had freedom of religion • Said the government should care for the poor Pennsylvania

  26. The Quakers were against the slave system that was growing in the Southern colonies. Pennsylvania

  27. New Jersey Founded By: 2 Lords Proprietor Founded to: make money

  28. New Jersey Economy: • Fur trade • Farming Government: • Royal Colony

  29. New York

  30. New York Founded by: The Dutch & called New Netherlands (colony) and New Amsterdam (New York City) Won by England and re-named for the King’s brother, the Duke of York.

  31. New York Founded to: Make money

  32. New York Economy: • Fur trade • Farming wheat Government: • Royal Colony

  33. Delaware

  34. Delaware • Originally part of New York • Then sold to Pennsylvania • Finally became itself in 1776

  35. Southern Colonies

  36. Virginia The English at Jamestown in 1607 Founded by: Founded to: Make Money

  37. Virginia Government: • Had the first representative assembly, The Virginia House of Burgesses

  38. Maryland Founded by: Cecilius Calvert, also called Lord Baltimore Founded for: Religious freedom for Catholics

  39. Government: Maryland • Proprietary Colony • First written protection of freedom of religion with the Toleration Act of 1649

  40. North & South Carolina 8 Lords Proprietor Founded by: Founded to: make money North Carolina South Carolina

  41. Economy: N&S Carolina • North Carolina - small family farms • South Carolina – rice plantations Government: Royal Colony

  42. Georgia James Oglethorp Founded by: Be a safe place for debtors to start over Founded to:

  43. Georgia Government: Royal Colony

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