Northern Colonies
 Massachusetts
 Rhode
Island
 Connecticut
 New Hampshire
New England Colonies
 Massachusetts-
Puritans
 Rhode Island- Roger Williams
 Connecticut- Thomas Hooker
 New Hampshire- King of
England
Religious freedom
A willingness to let others
practice their own beliefs
Bad soil and bad weather
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Hunting: Wild Turkey and Deer
Lumber: Shipbuilding
Fishing
Whaling
The Middle Colonies
 New
York
 Pennsylvania
 New Jersey
 Delaware
 NY-Duke
of York
 PA-William Penn
 NJ- Lord Berkely and
George Carteret
 DE- Lord Delaware
 The
king gave land to
one or more people in
return for yearly payment
A
colony under the direct
control of the King of
England.
A
product that is grown and
sold for profit.
 Grains
 Herding
cattle pigs
 Craftsmen
 Iron Ore
The Southern Colonies
◦North Carolina
◦South Carolina
◦Maryland
◦Virginia
◦Georgia
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North Carolina- 8 nobles
South Carolina– 8 nobles
Virginia- English people looking to grow
crops
Maryland- Lord Baltimore founded for
religious freedom
Georgia: James Oglethorpe (gave debtors a
fresh start)
Farming
 Tobacco
 Rice
 Indigo
A
large farm usually
worked by slaves
 Rules
that limited the rights
of slaves
 Treated slaves like property