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Colonial Regions

Colonial Regions. Environment, Culture, and Government. The Three Regions. New England Middle Colonies Southern Colonies. New England - Government. Self-Governing Charters Town Hall Meetings The Mayflower Compact The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. New Hampshire.

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Colonial Regions

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  1. ColonialRegions Environment, Culture, and Government

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

  3. New England - Government • Self-Governing Charters • Town Hall Meetings • The Mayflower Compact • The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island

  4. New England - Environment • Woodlands of the Northeast • Very Short Growing Season • Long Cold Winters • Large Forests • On the Atlantic Coast

  5. New England - Culture INDUSTRY: • Subsistence Farming • Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar) • Fishing (Cod, Whale Oil) • Rum and other Manufactured Trade Goods PEOPLE: • Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in orthodox Protestantism, hard work, and following strict rules of society • Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers

  6. Middle Colonies - Government New York • Proprietary Charters • Religious Freedom and Tolerance • Pennsylvania Frame of Government • Many Civil Liberties Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware

  7. Middle Colonies - Environment • Lower Eastern Woodlands • Medium growing season and cold winters • Many lakes and rivers for transportation

  8. Middle Colonies - Culture INDUSTRY: • Called the Bread Basket Colonies • Farmed Wheat, Corn, Oats, Barley, and Rye • Made homespun products PEOPLE: • People from all over Europe (England, the Netherlands, France, Germany, et al) • Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews

  9. Southern Colonies - Government Maryland • Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters • The House of Burgesses (Virginia) • Colonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Companies or Proprietors Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

  10. Southern Colonies - Environment ENVIRONMENT: • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains • Long growing season and fertile land • Warm climate for most of the year PRODUCTS: • Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton • Traded “cash crops” farmed on plantations • Purchased manufactured goods

  11. Southern Colonies -People: • Catholics (Maryland) • Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves

  12. ColonialRegions The End

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