The New England Colonies
Massachusetts
Founders/Leaders
 William Bradford
(1620 Pilgrims)
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
 John Wheelright
(1638)
 Roger Williams
 Escape religious
persecution in
Massachusetts
(Religious)
 Escape religious
persecution in
Massachusetts
(Religious)
 John Winthrop
(1630 Puritans)
 Anne Hutchinson
(1644)
Connecticut
 Thomas Hooker
(1636)
Reasons Founded
 Escape religious
persecution in
England (Religious)
People
 Separatists known as  British, Scottish, Irish  Europeans
Pilgrims and Puritans
 Native Americans
 Native Americans
 Dutch and Swedish
 Harbors
 Heavily forested
 Rocky Soil
 Hilly and Forested
 Rocky soil, heavy
forest, fertile land
 Bitter cold winters
with mild summers
 Bitter cold winters,
warm and humid
summers
 Rocky, fertile soil
 Colder Winters,
short but humid
summers
 Colder Winters,
short but humid
summers
 Shipping & Ship
building
 Fishing, whaling
 Shipping
 Fishing, whaling
 Fur
 Shipping & Ship
building
 Subsistence Farming
 Shipping & Ship
building
 Lumber
 Fur
 Fishing
 Lumber
Climate and
Geography
Economy
 Livestock and dairy
farms
 Escape religious
persecution in
Massachusetts
(Religious)
 Native Americans
 Subsistence Farming
 Livestock and dairy
farms
 Rum-making
Religious Views
 Lives centered
around religious
worship and the
church
 Religious freedom
 Religious freedom
 Religious freedom
Government
 Town meetings
(self-government)
 Representative
Assembly
 Town Meeting
 Town Meeting
 Governor and
General Assembly
 Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut
(first written
constitution)
 Laws based on
religious beliefs
 Only white men in
good standing with
the church could
vote
The Middle Colonies
(The Breadbasket Colonies)
New York
Founders/Leaders
New Jersey
 Dutch Settlers (1624)  Lord Berkley (1664)
 English (after
military take-over)
Pennsylvania
 William Penn
(1681)
Delaware
 Dutch Settlers
 English(after military
take-over)
Reasons Founded
 Profit (Economic)
 Profit and Trade
(Economic)
 Escape from
 Profit and Trade
religious persecution
(Economic)
in England
 Religious Freedom
(Religious)
(Religious)
People
 Mixed Europeans
(ethnic
diversity/melting
pot)
 Mixed Europeans
(ethnic
diversity/melting
pot)
 Quakers and other
religious groups
 Harbors
 Cold winters and
hot, humid summers
 Fertile land with
heavy forests
 Cool winters and
mild/warm summers
 Hot, humid
summers, cold
winters
 forests
Climate and
Geography
 Fertile soil but had
trees and rocks
 Longer growing
season that New
 Hot humid summers,
York
bitter cold winters
 Moderate growing
season
Economy
Farmers
 Fishing
(“Breadbasket Colonies”)
 Merchants and
tradesmen
 No natural harbor so
not as much trade as
NY
 Fur
 Small farms
 Lumber
 Dutch
 Swedish
 English
 Land contains iron
ore
Farms that produced  lumber
grains
 Fishing
(“Breadbasket Colonies”)
 Dairy cattle
 Merchants and
tradesmen
 lumber
 Shipping
Religious Views
 Religious toleration
 Religious toleration
 Religious toleration
Government
 Governor appointed
by the King of
England
 A royal colony where  Political freedom
colonists made their
and self-government
own local laws
 Representative
(self-government)
assembly
 Religious toleration
 Separate colony
supervised by
Pennsylvania’s
governor
The Southern Colonies
Maryland
Virginia
North & South Carolina
Georgia
Founders/Leaders
 Lord Baltimore
(1632)
 John Smith
(Virginia Company
1607)
 Eight Lords who were
friends with King
Charles II (1663)
Reasons Founded
 Religious Freedom
for Catholics
 Investment to make
money
 Given as a political gift  New start for
debtors who were
in prison
People
 Catholics
 Europeans seeking
cheap land
 Europeans
 Debtors
 Indentured servants
 Europeans
 African slaves
 African slaves
 Chesapeake Bay was  Mild winters, hot
surrounded by fertile
summers
land
 Flat, fertile land
 Cold winters, hot
 Swampy in the east;
and humid summers
wooded mountains
in the west
 Mild winters, hot
summers
 Mild winters, hot
summers
 Flat, fertile land
 Flat, fertile land
 Swampy in the east;
wooded mountains in
the west
 Swampy in the
east; wooded
mountains in the
west
 Farms that raised
grains, tobacco, flax
 crops such as
tobacco, cotton,
indigo and rice
 crops such as tobacco,  crops such as
cotton, indigo and rice
tobacco, cotton,
indigo and rice
 African slaves
Climate and
Geography
Economy
 fishing
 James Oglethorpe
(1732)
Religious Views
 tolerant
 Church of England
 tolerant
 tolerant
Government
 elected
representatives
 House of Burgesses
 ruled by the King
 elected
representatives to
Common House of
Assembly