The Later Colonies
Carolinas
• Originally land between VA. And Spanish Florida.
• Southern part is settled mainly by persons from
Barbados (Sugar and Slaves)—Becomes South
Carolina.
• They bring with them slaves and want to replicate the
plantation system.
• Grow Rice and Indigo instead of Sugar.
• Church of England (Anglican).
North Carolina
• Settled by backcountry people from Virginia.
• Most are subsistence farmers.
• Can’t grow rice or indigo.
• Some grow tobacco.
• some Slaves.
• Anglican.
Georgia
• Founded by James
Oglethorpe.
• To be for English debtors.
• Rules are strict: No
slaves or alcohol.
• People are supposed to
grow mulberry trees to
make silk.
• Anglican.
What eventually happens in
Georgia
• They see how rich people in S. Carolina
are getting with slaves and growing rice
they begin to do so as well.
• Copy South Carolina
Pennsylvania
• Founded by William Penn.
• Set up for Quakers (Society of Friends).
• Open to all religions.
• Cool to the Native Americans—buy land
instead of take.
• Ethnically diverse
• Besides English Quakers
• Also Germans (Duetsch)
• Scotch-Irish
• Penn gives friend a chunk of land that
becomes Delaware.
New York
• Originally settled by the Dutch (New
Netherlands).
• British capture and rename New York.
• Allow Dutch and Swedes to stay.
• Very ethnically diverse.
• Small part becomes colony of New Jersey.
Characteristics of the 3 Colonial
Regions
• New England—Founded by English Puritans.
• Not very diverse.
• Economy based on Shipbuilding (shipping),
logging & fishing.
• Religion = Puritans (Congregationalists)
Middle Colonies
• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Delaware.
• Most ethnically diverse.
• Religiously diverse.
• “Bread Basket”—wheat, Rye (as well as pork
and beef).
Southern Colonies
• English Anglicans and African slaves.
• Slaves are the majority.
• Some Scotch-Irish.
• Plantations and subsistence farmers.
• Cash crops = Tobacco (Upper South)
Rice and Indigo (Lower South).