Reviewing in Colonial
Notes packet
Pages 18,19,23,26
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1. England
2. Massachusetts
3. Georgia
4. Atlantic
5. North Carolina
6. Maryland
7. New Hampshire
8. Rhode Island
9. Pennsylvania and New Jersey
10. 1776
13 Colonies Map/Quiz
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Boston: Fish and rum
NYC: Wheat, flour, bread
Philadelphia: Wheat, flour, bread
Jamestown/Norfolk: Tobacco
Charleston: Rice, indigo
What type of product was exported by
both middle and southern regions?
 Tobacco and rice
Economy of the Colonial Regions,
Page 18 in packet
Why were New England’s exports different from
the other regions?
 Colder climate, rocky soil made it much harder to
farm so they needed to do other create other
things for trade
 What two places did most Colonial Exports go in
1770?
 Great Britain and West Indies
 Why those places?
 They were part of British Empire and who the
colonies were supposed to be trading with
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Economy continued…
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Parliament- England’s law making body
In 1689, The English Bill of Rights gave
Parliament more power and the king less
power
House of Burgesses: represented Virginia’s
people
Mayflower compact: signed by male
pilgrims. Set out laws by which Pilgrims
governed themselves
Town Meetings important to New England.
At town meetings people discussed and
decided on local issues/laws/problems
Government: More Democracy?
Page 19 in packet
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The House of Burgesses and other colonial
assemblies were examples of a
direct/representative Democracy, where
citizens voted for leaders who make laws
Today in the United States we have a
Representative Government that makes laws
for the entire nation.
We elect people to go to Congress in
Washington DC to make our laws.
Congress has two parts, the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
Government Questions Continued
 New England Colonies:
 Rocky Soil
 Subsistence Agriculture
 Mayflower Compact
 Yankee
 Witch Trials
 Poor Farming
 Fishing
 Puritans
 Education Important
Thirteen Colonies Review
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Middle Colonies
Indentured Servants
Dutch Influence
Fertile land
Exported Flour
Settled by Quakers
Good Farms
Settlers from many lands
Growing wheat
Religious Freedom
Review of Colonies continued
 Southern
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Colonies
Fertile Land
Tobacco
Plantations
Tenant Farmers
Rice and Indigo
Slave Labor
Good Farms
Thirteen Colonies Review: