Geography of the Colonies

1. Geography of theColonies

2. Regions Click on a region to learn more Click here when you are finished

3. New England Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Click to learn more

4. Characteristics of New England Colonies • Reason for settlement • Keep family together • Religious freedom • Independence • Geography • Rocky and cold • Narrow costal plain • Economy • Rich in fish • Farming • Women worked mostly in the home Click to view pictures Major Port Boston, Massachusetts

5. Boston today Do the cities look the same? Boston 1770 Back to map

6. Middle • New York • Connecticut • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware Click to learn more

7. Characteristics of Middle Colonies • Reason for settlement • Practice religion • Make money • Did not bring their families • Geography • Part rural (farms) • Part industrial (cities) • Economy • Sold wheat and grains • Produced iron and paper • Very diverse population Watch a movie • Major Port • New York City, New York Back to map

8. South Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Click to learn more

9. Characteristics of Southern Colonies • Reason for settlement • Make money • People built big houses • and tried to keep the • culture of England • alive • Kept families together on • plantations • Economy • Almost entirely farming • Yeoman farmers and slave labor Southern Colonial home • Geography • Open fields • Warm climate • Rural Back to map • Major Port • Charleston, South Carolina

10. What did you learn? This would be your main source of income if you lived in which region during colonial America: New England Middle South

11. Correct! • Fishing was the main source of income for the New England Colonies. • The south relied on agriculture • The middle colonies relied on a combination of agriculture and industry Next Question

12. In which of the following two colonial regions was family life importamt? Middle & South New England & South New England & Middle

13. Correct! • In the Middle colonies, people did not generally raise families. These colonists were usually single, young adults trying to make money. • The New England, and Southern colonists moved to America to have a better life for their family, and make money or practice their own religion.

14. Think about it… If you lived during the colonial era, what colonial region would you have liked to live in? Why did you choose that region?

15. Look how we have grown!