Colonial Regions
Boring run of the mill stuff, in a
boring run of the mill powerpoint.
New England Colonies
• Focused on religion;
Puritans not tolerant;
• Mostly English
• Boston – port
– Triangle Trade
• Value hard work &
thrift
• Towns, small farms
Middle Colonies
• Catholics (MD) &
Quakers (PA)
• Tolerant/flexible
• Germans, Scots-Irish,
Dutch, Swedes
• New York City;
Baltimore; Philadelphia
= Ports
Southern Colonies
• Church of England; close
ties to England
• Dominated by Eastern
planters
– Cash Crops (Tobacco)
• Based on wealth; land
ownership
• Port = Charleston, SC
• Who did the work?
– SLAVES
Triangle Trade
• A triangle of trade formed
between the Colonies, Africa ,
Europe.
• Exports from Africa to the
Colonies were slaves. Known as
“the middle passage”
• Exports of the N. Colonies to the
Europe were sugar, tobacco, and
cotton.
• Exports from the Europe to
Africa were rum, textiles and
manufactured goods.