Colonies: Unit Overview
1. Colonies were established for Religious and Economic reasons.
Colony
Roanoke Island (lost community)
Jamestown
Reasons for Establishment
Economic
Economic
1st permanent English Settlement in the New
World (1607)
Separatists from the Church of England
Religious Persecution
Puritan
Religious persecution
Quakers
Religious Freedom
Debtors
Economic Freedom
Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay
Pennsylvania
Georgia
2. Geography and life of the colonies.
Colonial
Region
New
England
MidAtlantic
Southern
Geography &
Climate
Appalachian
Mountains, Boston
Harbor, hilly
terrain, rocky soil,
jagged coastlines
Economy
Fishing and
whaling,
shipbuilding
industry and
naval supplies,
trade and port
cities.
Livestock and
grain, trading.
Social Life
Political &
Civic Life
Village and church as Town
center of life
meetings
Religious reformers
and separatists.
Appalachian
Mountains, coastal
lowlands (harbors
and bays, wide and Unskilled and
deep rivers), rich
skilled workers
farmlands
Villages and cities
Appalachian
Mountains, Atlantic
Coastal Plain, good
harbors, rivers.
Humid climate.
Plantations (slavery), Counties
mansions, indentured
servants, few cities,
few schools, Church
of England.
Large farms and
plantations,
cash crops,
wood products,
small farms,
slavery
Market Towns
Varied and diverse
lifestyles.
Diverse religions