13 English Colonies
Warm Up:
Compare and
contrast the reasons
for settlement of
Jamestown and
Plymouth
Notebook
▪ #1 Notebook Title Page
▪ #2 Cornell Notes
▪ #3 Why History
▪ #4 Unit One Title Page
▪ #5 Unit One Warm ups
▪ #6 Prehistoric Cultures Book Notes
▪ #7 Native American Map
▪ #8 European Impact on the New World
▪ #9 Colonies Map
▪ #10 Important People of the New World
▪ #11 Early English Colonies
▪ #12 Salem Witch Trails Video Notes
▪ #13 Thirteen Colonies Map
▪ #14Thirteen Colonies Notes
The Thirteen Colonies
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Middle
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Southern
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
13 English Colonies
▪ Split into 3 Regions
– New England
– Middle
– Southern
Colonial Regions
Climate
Resources
Social Class
NE
Long winter, short
growing season
Rocky soil, good
fishing grounds
Middle class
Middle
Short winters
Larger farms, cash
crops of grain
Poor, middle class
Southern
Warm, year-round
growing season
Plantation, limited
cash crops
Rich noble families,
poor, indentured
servants
What shaped us?
▪ Space – We had bunches of it.
▪ Wilderness – Not in Europe. Allowed us to
have a different mind set of how to live.
▪ Newness – No history, no stuffy traditions
that have to be followed.
▪ Isolation – We were far away from Europe.
13 English Colonies
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Due: Map and
Colonies ?
Warm Up:
Describe the
differences between
the different regions
of the colonies.
New England
Colonies
Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island & New Hampshire
Religion
Puritans wanted to purify the church.
Separatists (Pilgrims) wanted to move
away.
Industries Fishing, whaling, lumber, fur
Agriculture Subsistence farming
Society
Began as church run and evolved
into a gov. run. Lots of religion.
Map Activity
▪ Label the 13 colonies.
▪ Color the middle colonies one color, New
England colonies a different color, and
southern colonies another color.
Middle and Southern
Colonies
Continue notes on #14
A. Charles II and New
Colonization
1. Proprietary Colonies
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Charles II owed people favors for
helping him during a civil war
Starts Proprietary Colonies: grants
of land to loyal friends
They would own the land and
control the Colonial Government
B.
Middle Colonies
1. New York (1674)
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Charles II gives the land to his brother
Land was already claimed by the
Dutch (New Netherlands)
NN becomes NY after English take it
No Representative Government
2. New Jersey
– Was part of NY
– Charles II’s
brother, James,
gives it to loyal
friends
– No
Representative
Government
3. Pennsylvania (1682)
– Quakers settle in Penn
– Believed in tolerance and
equality
– Set up a colony that
tolerated various religious
beliefs
– Amish, Mennonites, and
French Protestants came
– William Penn was the sole
ruler until 1701, when he
sets up a representative
government
4. Delaware
–1638: small colony of
Swedes settle there
–Later the colony was
seized by England.
–William Penn becomes
the proprietor of an
area along the
Delaware River and
bay.
–Later became the
colony of Delaware.
Colonies
New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Pennsylvania
Religion
Mostly Protestant (Germany) and
Quakers in Penn.
Industries Harbors and rivers used for shipping.
Cattle and pigs. Mills for grinding
grain.
Agriculture Mostly grain – Wheat, barley and rye.
Society
Very tolerant. Leading city was
Philadelphia. (Paved streets, fire
department, library . . .)
C.
Southern Colonies
1. Maryland (1632)
– Set up as a haven for
English Catholics being
persecuted
– Many Protestants
came too, leading to
clashes
– 1649: Toleration Act is
passed to protect the
rights of all Christians
to practice their
religions
2. Carolinas
To attract settlers:
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Representative Government
Religious Toleration
Hoped to bring more people to the colony
Southern Carolina: large land owners and slave labor
Northern Carolina: small farmers not dependent on
slave labor
1729: King makes them 2 separate colonies, NC and SC
3. Georgia
– Started as a “buffer
colony” between
Spanish Florida and
South Carolina
– Debtors and poor crafts
people were sent there
– Trustees first controlled
the colony
– Set strict rules on land
ownership, slavery, and
personal behavior
Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina,
S. Carolina, & Georgia
Religion
Protestant No particular one.
Industries No real industries.
Agriculture Cash crops on plantations. Rice,
tobacco, indigo, cotton. Once the
nutrients were gone, move to a new
field.
Society
Plantations set up classes. Slaves at
the bottom and large plantation
owners at the top.