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Development of a Colonial Identity. New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. New England Colonies. Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island. Plymouth, Massachusetts. Why did the Pilgrims migrate to America?
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Development of a Colonial Identity New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
New England Colonies • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • Connecticut • Rhode Island
Plymouth, Massachusetts • Why did the Pilgrims migrate to America? • The Pilgrims migrated to North America to escape religious persecution
New England Colonies Environment • Harsh Winters • Good Harbors • Fishing • Whaling Trade • Jagged Coastlines • Rocky Soil
New EnglandColonies • Puritans who lives centered around the church • Religious freedom vs Religious toleration
New England Colonies • New England Villages • Skilled Craftsmen • Shopkeepers
Middle Colonies • New York • Pennsylvania • New Jersey • Delaware
Middle Colonies • Quakers who believed in a simple lifestyle and that all people are EQUAL • They refused to bow before the King, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England
Middle Colonies • Quakers • Religious diversity- there were many different religions in the Middle Colonies
Pennsylvania • William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania believed in religious freedom. • William Penn was a Quaker
Middle Colonies • Market towns • Villages and towns • Skilled and unskilled workers • Fishermen
Middle Colonies • Moderate climate • Coastal lowlands • Wide and deep rivers • Rich farmland • Grain farming • Livestock raising
Southern Colonies • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia
Southern Colonies Region • Long growing season • Cash crops • Plantations • Small farms • Humid climate
Southern Colonies • Good harbors and rivers made it easy to export their cash crops. • The cash crops in the early Southern Colonies was rice, indigo, and tobacco.
Jamestown, Virginia 1607 • In 1607, a group of wealthy English gentlemen merchants formed the Virginia Company. There goal was an economic venture designed to find goal in the new land.
Southern way of life • Church of England • Few Schools • Few Cities
Plantation Agriculture Slave labor Indentured servants Large cash crops Mansions
Southern Lifestyle • Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
Slavery in the South • Plantation owners relied on slaves and indentured servants to sow and harvest their fields.