Chapter 3: The English Colonies in North America

1. Chapter 3: The English Colonies in North America Essential Question: What were the similarities and differences among the colonies in North America?

2. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/colonies.htmhttp://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/colonies.htm

3. 1st Slide New England Colonies:Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire • Key Influences: Religion and geography.  • Puritans hoped to establish model communities based on their religious faith.  • Economy based on lumbering, shipbuilding, and trade very important to the region’s economy. Introduction to the New England Colonies Video Link

4. EQ Middle Colonies:New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Introduction to Middle Colonies Video • Geographically, culturally, and religiously diverse.  • Catholics, Quakers, Anglicans, and members of other Protestant faiths all found homes in this region. • Economy: Farming, Fishing, Ship building.

5. EQ Southern Colonies:Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia Making the Thirteen Colonies: The Southern Colonies Video Link • Climate and geography encouraged the planting of cash crops and the development of large plantations.  • In time, slave labor would become a major part of this region’s economy.

6. http://endtimepilgrim.org/puritans.htm Massachusetts New England Colony Pilgrims, William Bradford: 1620 Puritans: John Winthrop: 1630 Safe place for Puritans Self Governed Puritans Found Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 Video Link

7. What would you have like about Massachusetts?What would you have disliked about Massachusetts?

8. http://religiousliberty.tv/roger-williams-apostle-of-religious-freedom.htmlhttp://religiousliberty.tv/roger-williams-apostle-of-religious-freedom.html Rhode Island: NE Colony • Roger Williams, 1647 • Self-Governed • Various Faiths (Puritan) • Slave Trade • Pirates http://southernnationalist.com/blog/2010/12/15/yankee-slave-traders-of-new-england/

9. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania • Middle Colony • William Penn • Safe place for Quakers. They believe in simplicity and treating everyone fairly. • Self-Governed • Cold winters. Hot, humid summers. • Farming, lumbering, shipbuilding. • Various religious faiths.

10. Georgia • Southern Colony • George II and James Oglethorpe • Refuge for debtors • Settlers looking for cheap land. • Self-Governed • Attacked by Spanish • Various Faiths

11. British Colonies: Why Did They Come? • Founded by people with different reasons & goals. • Faith • Money 3. Debt

12. COLONY NAME YEAR FOUNDED FOUNDED BY BECAME ROYAL COLONY Virginia 1607 London Company 1624 Massachusetts 1620 Puritans 1691 New Hampshire 1623 John Wheelwright 1679 Maryland 1634 Lord Baltimore N/A Connecticut c. 1635 Thomas Hooker N/A Rhode Island 1636 Roger Williams N/A Delaware 1638 Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company N/A North Carolina 1653 Virginians 1729 South Carolina 1663 Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II 1729 New Jersey 1664 Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret 1702 New York 1664 Duke of York 1685 Pennsylvania 1682 William Penn N/A Georgia 1732 James Edward Oglethorpe 1752 Chart From: About.com. American History. http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blcolonial13.htm

13. New England Colonies Southern Colonies Middle Colonies

14. Chapter 3: The English Colonies in North America Essential Question: What were the similarities and differences among the colonies in North America? The Making of a Nation: The 13 Colonies Video Link

15. Table of Contents • Title Page Link • Slide Two Link: Map of 13 Colonies • Slide Three Link: The New England Colonies • Slide Four Link: The Middle Colonies • Slide Five Link: The Southern Colonies • Slide Six Link: Massachusetts • Slide Seven Link: What would you like about Massachusetts? • Slide Eight Link: Rhode Island • Slide Nine Link: Pennsylvania • Slide Ten Link: Georgia • Slide Eleven Link: British Colonies: Why Did They Come? • Slide Twelve Link: Informational Table