What does the
term
interdepedence
mean?
dependence between two
or more people, groups,
or things. Example, how
the colonies were able to
get things they could not
produce/ they trade to get
what they needed.
What is the
geography and
climate of the
Southern
Colonies?
Geography
Climate
-Appalachian
-Humid
Mts.,
-mild winters &
-Piedmont,
hot summers
-Atlantic coastal
Plain,
-good harbors &
rivers
What did the
Southern
colonies
specialize in?
•Tobacco,
•cotton,
•indigo,
•wood products
What is the social
and civic life of
the Southern
Colonies?
Social
Civic
• Plantations
(slavery),
• mansions,
• indentured
servants,
• few cities, few
schools
• Church of England
•Counties
What did the
Southern
Colonies get from
the New England
Colonies?
•The Southern colonies
depended on the New
England colonies for
manufactured goods,
including tools and
equipment
Name the
regions and the
colonies that
are located in
them
New England
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic
•New York
•New Jersey
•Delaware
•Pennsylvania
Southern
•Maryland
•Virginia
•North Carolina
•South Carolina
•Georgia
What are the
human and
natural resources
of the Southern
Colonies?
Human
• farmers
• enslaved
African
Americans
• Indentured
servants
Natural
-fertile land,
-rivers,
-harbors
What is the social
and civic life of
the New England
Colonies?
Social
• Village and
church as
center of life
• Religious
reformers and
separatists
Civic
• Town Meetings
What is the
geography and
climate of the
New England
colonies?
Geography
Climate
• Appalachian • Moderate
Mountains,
summers,
• Boston harbor,• cold winters
• hilly terrain,
• rocky soil,
• jagged
coastline
What are the
human and
natural resources
of the New
England
Colonies?
Human
Natural
• Skilled
• Timber
craftsmen
• Fish
• shopkeepers, • deep harbors
• Shipbuilders
What did the
New England
Colonies
specialize in?
•Fishing,
•shipbuilding,
•industry,
•Naval supplies
What did the New
England Colonies
get from the
Southern
Colonies?
•depended on the
Southern colonies
for raw materials
such as cotton,
tobacco, & indigo
What did the New
England Colonies
get from the MidAtlantic
Colonies?
•Middle
Colonies for
grain and
livestock.
Why did the
Separatists
establish
Plymouth?
•Plymouth colony
was settled by
separatists from the
Church of England
who wanted to avoid
religious persecution
Who & Why
was
Massachusetts
Bay Colony
established?
•Puritans
•wanted to avoid
religious
persecution
Who & why
was settled
Pennsylvania?
•Quakers
•wanted to have
freedom to practice
their faith without
interference
Who & Why
did the
debtors start
Georgia?
• People who had been in
debtor’s prisons in England.
• They hoped to experience
a new life in the colony
• To experience economic
freedom and a new life in
the New World.
Why did people
settle in the 13
English
colonies? (2)
•Colonies in
North America
were established
for religious and
economic
Why was
Roanoke
Island
established?
•Economic
venture &
nicknamed the
“Lost Colony”
Why was
Jamestown
settled?
•Economic venture by
the Virginia Company
of London in 1607.
st
•It is the 1 permanent
settlement in the North
America
Who settled
Plymouth
Colony?
•separatists
from the
Church of
England
•What is the
geography and
climate of the
Mid-Atlantic
colonies?
Geography Climate
• Appalachian • Moderate
Mts.
winters
• Coastal
• Mild
lowlands
summers
• Harbors &
bays
•What are the
natural & human
resources of the
Mid-Atlantic
colonies?
Natural
Human
•Rich
•Unskilled
farmland
and skilled
workers •rivers
Fisherman
What did the
Mid-Atlantic
colonies
specialize in? (3)
•Livestock
•Grain
•Fish
•What is the
social and civic
life of the MidAtlantic
colonies?
Social
• Varied and
diverse
lifestyles
• Diverse
religions
Civic
• Market
Towns
•Describe
women in
colonial
America
•Worked as
caretakers,
houseworkers, &
homemakers
•Cannot vote
•Had few chances for
an education
Describe free
African Americans
in colonial America
-Were
able to own land
-had more economic
freedom and could
work for pay and
decide how to spend
their money.
-not allowed to vote.
Describe
enslaved African
Americans in
Colonial America
-captured
in Africa sold
to slave traders, shipped
to colonies & sold.
-owned as property for
life with no rights.
-born into slavery
(children are slaves).
Describe
artisans in
colonial
America
worked as
craftsmen in towns
& on plantations.
-lived in small
villages & cities.
-
Describe
farmers in
colonial
America
-worked the land
according to the
region.
-relied on family
members for labor.
Describe
indentured
servants in
Colonial
America
• Consisted of men and women
who did not have money for
passage to the colonies & who
agreed to work w/o pay for the
person who paid for their
passage.
• Were free at the end of their
contract.
Describe large
landowners in
Colonial
America
-lived predominately in the
South.
-relied on indentured
servants &/or slaves for
work.
-were educated in some
cases
-had rich culture