Why do people
settle new
areas?
Colonial America
Unit 3 Colonial
America
Lesson 1
New England
Lesson 2
The Middle Colonies
Lesson 3
The Southern Colonies
Lesson 4
Colonial Life
Lesson 5
Slavery in the Colonies
Lesson 6
Colonial Economies
Lesson 7
Colonial Governments
Lessons
New England Colonies
Lesson 1
Vocabulary
covenant
common
tolerate
fundamental
slavery
How did differences shape New
England?
New England
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New Hampshire
MC 5
What was daily life like?
They had villages that included
jobs for milling, inn keeping,
blacksmithing, and barrelmaking.
What were some of their ideas?
1.) have a town common
2.) establish a meeting house to make decisions
3.) SA create schools so all children could read the Bible
What made their economy strong?
These colonies had a strong coastal fishing industry along with a lot of timber used
to make houses and ships.
New England
The Puritans were better
prepared than the Pilgrims because
they brought more supplies and
animals.
MC 1
John Winthrop wrote about
building “a city upon a hill” that would
show how God wanted people to
live.
MC 2
If people disagreed with the Puritans, they left and started their
own colony.
MC 3
New England
FILL
covenant – an agreement
common – the center of a
village where people “hung out”
FILL
tolerate – to allow people to
have beliefs or behaviors that
are different for everyone
FILL
FILL
fundamental – basic
slavery – the practice of
owning people and forcing them
to work
FILL
When the English came over in the 1600s, they started seizing
the land of the Wampanoag. This led to the start of King Philip’s
War.
MC 4
The Middle Colonies
Lesson 2
Vocabulary
patroon
proprietor
What factors influenced the
development of the Middle Colonies?
The Middle Colonies
Pennsylvania, New York,
New Jersey, Delaware
MC 9
What were the MC known as?
Why?
They were known as the
“breadbasket” of the colonies
because they produced so much
wheat.
What was daily life like?
The MC had farms that included
jobs for producing corn, wheat, and
oats along with jobs on coastal
towns known for fur-trading, timber
and fishing.
The Middle Colonies
New Amsterdam =
Manhattan
MC 6
New York and New
Jersey had very strong
economies because they
traded with each other.
MC 7
Philadelphia = “brotherly
love”
MC 8
The Southern Colonies
Lesson 3
Vocabulary
plantation
indigo
debtor
How did the Southern Colonies
differ from other settlements?
The Southern Colonies
What was daily life like?
Maryland, Carolinas, Georgia,
Virginia
MC 13
They had large plantations and small farms that included jobs for working in the fields,
carpentry, blacksmithing, laundry, and flour mills. What made their economy strong?
What were some of their ideas?
1.) peacefully separate Catholics and Protestants
2.) need more settlers/slaves to grow cash crops
These colonies had rich soil which
produced valuable cash crops such
as indigo, rice, and tobacco.
The Southern Colonies
Why was the colony of
Maryland founded?
Maryland was founded to
provide a religious haven for
Catholics and Protestants.
MC 11
Why was Georgia settled?
Georgia was settled to protect
colonists from Spain in the south
and the French in the west.
SA
In Georgia Mary Musgrove helped the Creek and the
colonists get along by being a translator between the two groups.
MC 12
The Southern Colonies
In Georgia James
Oglethorpe wanted to send
debtors to the colonies to
work so slavery would not
be necessary.
MC 10
debtors – a person who
owes money but cannot repay it
FILL
plantation – a large farm that
grows one crop as a cash crop
FILL
indigo – a plant used to
make blue dye
FILL
Lesson 4
Colonial Life
Vocabulary
slave trade
apprentice
growth rate
Great
Awakening
backcountry
How did economic needs affect life
in the colonies?
Colonial Life
Why did people come to
America?
• fled wars or food shortages
• the promise of cheap land
• economic opportunity
• religious freedom
• enslaved and forced to work
SA
Indentured servants had their
passage to the colonies paid for
in exchange for 5-7 years of work.
MC 15
slave trade = the business
of buying and selling people
FILL
Colonial Life
An apprentice was a young
person who learned a trade or
craft by working with a skilled
adult.
FILL
How did Benjamin Franklin help
Philadelphia grow?
•started the University of Pennsylvania
•established the first fire department
•established the first public library
•improved the city’s police department and
postal system.
MC 14
Colonial Life
The Great Awakening was a
period in the 1700s in which
interest in religion grew.
FILL
The backcountry is the land
between the Appalachian
Mountains and the Atlantic
Coastal Plain.
FILL
People settled in the
backcountry because land was
cheaper than on the Atlantic
Coastal Plain.
MC 16
Slavery in the Colonies
Lesson 5
Vocabulary
slave codes
spiritual
Why did slavery develop in the
English Colonies?
Slavery in the Colonies
In 1641 Massachusetts became the first
colony to make slavery legal.
MC 17
Because the demand
for enslaved workers
kept growing, the
colonists changed the
laws saying any captive
African could be
enslaved; including
Christians.
Slavery in the Colonies
Slaves in the North
Northern colonies
built slave ships.
Slaves did labor on
small farms.
Enslaved workers
were used in
construction.
Slaves in the South
Southern cash crops
were labor-intensive.
MC 18
Enslaved workers
lived on plantations
because these farms
needed a lot of workers.
There were many people who resisted slavery. They would do this
by slowing down their work, breaking tools, and escaping.
SA
Because of harsh treatments, there were many slave
revolts. The main goal of these revolts was to gain freedom.
MC 19
Lesson 6
Colonial Economies
Vocabulary
triangular trade
Middle Passage
industry
What influenced the development
of colonial economies?
Colonial Economies
triangular trade – a shipping
route between Africa, the West
Indies, and England/North
America
FILL
SA
What was brought from the west coast of Africa
to the West Indies and then to Charleston?
Middle Passage – the part of the
TT route between Africa and the West
Indies, where African captives were
taken to the West Indies
FILL
Colonial Economies
What were the most important exports of New England,
the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies?
NE – lumber, ships, fish
MC – wheat, cheese, crafts
SC – tobacco, rice, indigo
Why did each region have a different economy?
Climate and natural resources
In the colonies England wanted the colonists to
buy goods like hats, nails, and horseshoes SO
they made it illegal to make these goods
themselves.
SA
Colonists thought these trade laws were very
unfair.
MC 20
industry = all the businesses that make one
kind of product or provide one kind of service
FILL
Colonial Governments
Lesson 7
Vocabulary
assembly
legislation
How did values shape colonial
governments?
Colonial Governments
In colonial governments, only
white men who owned land could vote.
MC 23
An assembly was a group of
people who made the laws.
The governor represented the
interests of England. The assembly
represented the interests of the
colonists.
SA
“freedom of the press” = the
right to speak or print the truth
MC 21
Phillis Wheatley was a famous
African-American poet who wrote
about the natural rights for Africans
and urged colonists to fight for
freedom.
MC 22
Review
Match the person with his ideas.
Government should be tolerant of people with
different religious views. There should be
separation of church and state.
Roger Williams
Wrote The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
Thomas Hooker
Believed in the right to free worship and the right
to a trial by jury.
William Penn
All people have natural rights such as life,
freedom, and the right to own property.
John Locke
Believed in freedom of the press.
John Zenger
John Locke
John Zenger
William Penn
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
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