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Colonial Regions

Colonial Regions. Environment, Culture, and Migration. The Three Regions. New England Middle Colonies Southern Colonies. New England Environment. Northern Eastern Woodlands Very Short Growing Season Long Cold Winters Large Forests On the Atlantic Ocean. Economy Subsistence Farming

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Colonial Regions

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  1. ColonialRegions Environment, Culture, and Migration.

  2. The Three Regions • New England • Middle Colonies • Southern Colonies

  3. New EnglandEnvironment • Northern Eastern Woodlands • Very Short Growing Season • Long Cold Winters • Large Forests • On the Atlantic Ocean

  4. Economy 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. New EnglandEconomy & People

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

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

  7. Economy 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. Middle ColoniesEconomy & People

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

  9. Climate Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Long growing season and fertile land. Warm for most of the year Economy Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton. Trade “cash crops” farmed on Plantations. Purchase manufactured goods. Southern ColoniesClimate and Economy

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

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

  12. 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. Colonial RegionsVocabulary

  13. 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. Colonial RegionsVocabulary

  14. ColonialRegions The End

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