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Reasons for Colonization

Reasons for Colonization. The 13 Colonies. Main reason for colonization…. Religious freedom Political freedom Economic opportunity (mercantilism) Social mobility A better way of life. Who colonized the 13 colonies?. French trapper traders British farmers Dutch businessmen

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Reasons for Colonization

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  1. Reasons for Colonization The 13 Colonies

  2. Main reason for colonization… • Religious freedom • Political freedom • Economic opportunity (mercantilism) • Social mobility • A better way of life

  3. Who colonized the 13 colonies? • French trapper traders • British farmers • Dutch businessmen • Spanish missionaries • African Slaves (forced)

  4. But the Native Americans were here first… • Pocahontas helped John Smith and the European settlers in Virginia • Treaty system and reservation system set aside areas for them to live.

  5. Dividing the 13 colonies • Split into 3 regions based on • Geography • Economics (money) • Culture • The regions were called • The New England Colonies • The Middle (or Mid-Atlantic) Colonies • The Southern Colonies

  6. Geography effects economics… • New England • Cause – Long winters, rocky soil, and forests • Effects – Subsistence farming, shipbuilding, fishing • Middle Colonies • Cause – Shorter winters, fertile soil, good ports, and natural resources • Effect – Farming (“breadbasket”), trade, large immigrant population • Southern Colonies • Cause – Warm Climate and good soil • Effects – Plantation system (rice, indigo, cotton, tobacco) and large slave system

  7. Economics (money)… • New England • Shipbuilding • Manufacturing (Factories) • Middle Colonies • Food Agriculture • Cattle Producing • Southern Colonies • Cash-crop Agricultural • cotton, indigo, tobacco, & rice

  8. Geography effects culture… • New England and Middle Colony access to waterways (ports and rivers) resulted in high population density and larger urban areas • Southern Colonies had an abundant amount of fertile soil that resulted in an agricultural (agrarian) economy, a plantation system, and a low population density

  9. Slave trade • Transatlantic Slave Trade • Started in the British West Indies to provide a labor force for the sugar plantations • The triangular trade developed between the Colonies, England and West Indies and slaves were traded in the colonies for other goods (including the cash crops slaves would help cultivate) • Spread of Slavery • Demand for rice, indigo, tobacco, cotton led to plantation owners needing more slaves and the slave trade increased

  10. Plantation system • Plantation System • Large amount of land available in the Southern colonies, rich soil, almost year-round growing season, ideal for plantation crops (tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton), with enough labor they could be grown as cash crops

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