2.3 The 13 English Colonies
Main Idea
The 13 colonies will
be founded for a
variety of economic
and religious
reasons.
Why It Matters Now
The survival of the
13 colonies will
leave a lasting
influence in the
United States.
CA Standards
• 8.2.1 Discuss the significance of the
Magna Carta, the English Bill of
Rights, and the Mayflower Compact.
Daily Guided Questions (DGQs)
1. What chain of events led to the
founding of the early colonies and
their experiments with self
government?
2. How did the 13 colonies develop
economies based on agriculture,
commerce, and handmade goods?
Capitalism & Mercantilism
• Economic system where people
invest money (capital) to make a
profit.
-Banks lend money with interest.
• Countries wealth measured by its
supply of gold and silver.
• Settlers export raw materials;
import manufactured goods.
Roanoke and Sagadahoc
• First sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh
in Virginia, 1585 and 1587.
-Settlers disappeared.
• Plymouth Company sponsored
Sagadahoc (modern-day) Maine.
-Settlers went back to England.
Joint-Stock Company
• Investors fund
colony and give
charters (certain
rights given to a
group); get profits.
• In 1607, Virginia
Company sends 150
people to found
Jamestown.
Disastrous Start
• Colonists seek gold, suffer from
disease and hunger.
• John Smith forces colonists to farm;
get help from Powhatan people.
• (1609) 600 colonists arrive;
Powhatan destroy farms; “starving
time”.
“Brown Gold” and Indentured Servants
• New arrivals revive and expand
colony.
• Tobacco becomes profitable; export
1.5 million lbs. by the late 1620s.
• Headright System- purchaser of
passage get 50 acres- lures settlers.
• Plantation owners use indentured
servants -work 4-7 years for passage.
House of Burgesses,1619
• First example of Representative gov.
-The company elected representatives
that met once a year.
• To provide more local control.
Puritans and Pilgrims
• Wanted to purify Church of
England.
• Separatists form independent
congregations.
• In 1620, flee to escape religious
persecution, founded Plymouth
Colony.
Mayflower Compact
• Puritans landed outside the limits
of Virginia Co. charter.
-Did not apply to them.
• Obey laws agreed upon for the
good of the colony.
-Self-government.
-Majority rule.
New England Colonies
• Founded:
-in seek of religious freedom.
-Massachusetts by puritans.
-Rhode Island by Roger Williams.
-New Hampshire, trade and fishing.
-Connecticut, religious and political freedom.
• Economy:
- Harsh climate, rocky soil.
- Subsistence farming, growing enough food to
eat.
Middle Colonies
• Founded:
-New York, Dutch founded in 1624. English took
over in 1664.
-New Jersey, broke off from New York.
-Pennsylvania, Quaker William Penn founded
with equality.
-Delaware, broke from Pennsylvania.
• Economy:
-milder climate, longer growing seasons, better
soil.
-Grew cash crops and manufacturing.
Southern Colonies
• Founded:
-Virginia, by a joint-stock co.
-Maryland, haven for Catholics.
-Carolinas, Farmers from the Bahamas. Broke
into two colonies in 1712.
-Georgia, haven for debtors.
• Economy:
-Warmest region, fertile soil.
-Plantations lead to African slave labor.
Colonies Brochure
• Create a brochure to get people to come to one
of the 13 colonies of your choice.
• The cover has to have a picture or drawing (can
be pasted, has to 2/3 of the cover) that
represents your colony.
• 1/3 of the cover has to be the name of the colony
and a slogan.
-It needs to be colored.
• Inside, using the GRAPES model, you need to
have 24 pieces of information about your colony
(4 bullet points per letter).
• In the back place your full heading.
• Assignment due Wed. August 21, 2013.
Colony Research
• Log on to MrKash.com.
• Click on the tab named “U.S. History.”
• Click on the tab named “Founding of a
Nation.”
• Scroll down until you see the “Clickable
Map of the 13 Colonies.”
• Click on the colony to view information.
• Explore the different websites to
research about your colony.