ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES
New England
Middle
*People:
*Economies:
*Climate:
*Geography:
*Natural Resources:
*Religion:
13 Original Colonies: New England Colonies
*I. Massachusetts (settled in ______________)
*· Great Migration:
*· John Winthrop:
· “A City Upon a Hill”:
· Puritan General Court
- What laws were the colony subject to
- Politics and religion were ________________ this type of government is called a___________*
Southern
*II. Connecticut (settled in _________)
*· Colony led by
Left Massachusetts Bay because he believed governor and other officials had too much power
What did he hope to accomplish?
- Gave the vote to
- Limited
· Connecticut became a separate colony from Massachusetts
*III. Rhode Island (settled in_________)
*· Led by:
*- Relationship between of church and state?:
- Views on religion?
- In 1635, General Court banished __________________________________
- Williams purchased land from the Native Americans for a settlement
· In Rhode Island, complete freedom of religion allowed for all Protestants, Catholics, and Jews
(Touro Synagogue, first Jewish house of worship in North America)
*· Anne Hutchinson
- Why was she brought to trial in Massachusetts
- In 1638, Hutchinson went to Rhode Island along with her family and some friends
IV. New Hampshire (became a royal colony in 1680)
· First European settlers unknown
* Maine (not one of the 13 original English colonies) remained part of Massachusetts until 1820
13 Original Colonies: Middle Colonies
*I. New York (founded as _________________ in 1624)
· Originally founded as New Netherland (Dutch)
- What was New Amsterdam, what is it today?:
- Growth?
- Why?
- Patroons:
*· New Netherland became New York (1664)
-By 1664, rivalry between England and Netherlands for trade and colonies reached its height; British
warships entered New Amsterdam’s harbor; New Netherland surrendered to the British without firing
a shot
· New Amsterdam (and the colony) were renamed New York in honor of the king’s brother, the Duke of York.
*II. New Jersey (founded in __________)
*· New York divided among
- Duke of York decided :
*· New Jersey established as a_________________________________________________________________
· New Jersey became a royal colony (1702) (colony under the direct control of the English king).
*III. Pennsylvania (founded in ____________________)
*· Led by _________________________________________
- Who founded Pennsylvania?
*- Who was William Penn?
.
o Although jailed several times, Penn’s wealth allowed him to create a haven for other Quakers in
America.
*· Quakers
Group who was persecuted because
*- Beliefs included:
*· “Holy Experiment”:
- Colony attracted other settlers- ________________________________________
· Philadelphia: capital city of Pennsylvania; grew quickly
*IV. Delaware (founded in _________ as ___________)
*· Originally founded as
· Landlocked Pennsylvania
- Duke of York gave Pennsylvania land for access to the Atlantic Ocean and shipping to England
*· Why was there trouble among settlers?
- Eventually colony broke away and formed a separate colony –
13 Original Colonies: Southern Colonies
*I. Virginia (founded in ________)
*· Colony founded to _______________________________________
*· Colony led by_____________________________________
*· House of Burgesses:
.
*II. Maryland (founded in _________)
*· Colony founded for
· Founded by English Catholics as a proprietary colony
*What is a proprietary colony?
*- Lord Baltimore’s land plan:
· What made it a successful colony
*- most profitable crop?
- How did the Potomac River help
· Conflict between Catholics and Protestants
- Which group began moving here in the 1640s.
*- Toleration Act (1649):
*III. North Carolina and South Carolina (Carolina founded as a single colony in ______, separated in ______)
· Carolina grew slowly
- Humid climate
- Swampy coastal land caused fever and malaria
*· Roanoke Island:
· North and South Carolina differences:
North Carolina was settled mostly by?
South Carolina attracted
IV. Georgia (founded in ____________)
· Last
*· James Oglethorpe’s mission
*· Triangular trade:
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