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Colonial Regions

Explore the thriving economies, diverse cultures, and unique challenges of the New England, Middle, Southern, and Backcountry colonies in 1750.

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Colonial Regions

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  1. Colonial Regions Outline map

  2. New England Colonies, 1750

  3. How did New Englanders prosper from the Atlantic Ocean? • Fishing • Fish could be sold for consumption or export. • Whaling • Whale oil provided oil for lamps and for export. • Trading • Colonists made money from three types of Atlantic trade. • Smuggling • Smuggling was widespread, though illegal.

  4. Middle Colonies, 1750

  5. Middle Colonies • The Middle Colonies (aka the Breadbasket colonies) were characterized by diverse ethnic groups, commerce & trade, and cash crops of grain. • Quakers found refuge in Pennsylvania (People had tolerance and welcomed a variety of different cultures, making the middle colonies very diverse) • Did not have the bloodshed and conflict with the American Indians, as often happened in the other colonial regions.

  6. Southern Colonies, 1750

  7. Southern Colonies • The Southern Colonies were characterized by large plantations with slave labor and cash crops of tobacco, indigo, & rice. • Tobacco was the first major cash crop grown in Jamestown, Virginia and allowed the colonies to prosper and spread. • James Oglethorpe founded Georgia as a refuge for debtors (also considered a buffer colony to Spanish Florida).

  8. Planters bring enslaved Africans to American Causes: Need for labor effects: on Africans • Southern planters increase land planted with rice and tobacco. • Indentured servants buy own land/end service. • Native Americans die of disease or run away. • Suffer hard labor and working conditions. • Bring African customs, traditions to America. • Develop strong family networks. • Resist orders and rebel.

  9. Backcountry Characteristics • The Backcountry was the region in the colonies that ran along the Appalachian Mountains. • Dense Forests & Rushing Streams • Near or in Appalachian mountains. Climate varied with latitude. • Scotts-Irish brought clan systems & lived in log cabins. • The backcountry was distant from the denser coastal populations, so settlers there developed an independent and rugged way of life. • People clashed with American Indians.

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