The English Colonies in America
Goals
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Distinguish between the New England,
Middle, and Southern Colonies
Understand the causes of regional
differences between the colonies
Work collaboratively to create a booth to
promote the best features of a colony
including economic, political, and religious
freedoms
Word Wall Words
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Capitalism
Utopia
Quaker
Fertile
Slave Trade
Convict
Puritan
Plantation
Democratic
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Assembly
Cash Crop
Debtor
Indentured servant
People to know
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Adam Smith
James Oglethorpe
Cecil Calvert
William Penn
House of Burgesses
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
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William Bradford
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
Preview 3
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4 details of map
How many regions are the 13 colonies divided?
Which region had tobacco plantations?
In which region was fishing important?
In which region would you find iron works?
Why do you think many large farms were located in
the Southern Colonies?
Why do you think so much shipbuilding took place in
the New England Colonies?
Points to Ponder Sections 3.1 and 3.2.
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What are the three regions into which the colonies
have been grouped?
What was the climate like in the New England
Colonies? Middle Colonies? Southern Colonies?
How would you describe the land in the Southern
Colonies?
What do assemblies do?
Who was denied the right to vote in the colonies?
Spoke Diagram
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What is at the hub of the diagram?
What are on the spokes?
What do the spokes tell you about New
Jersey?
English Colonies in America
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Indentured servants: served 3 to 6 years as
slave labor in order to get passage to
America
Slave labor from Africans and Indentured
servants needed for plantations
Debtors, criminals, and capitalist
3 Classes of Colonies
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New England: Mass. Rhode Island, Conn.
And New Hampshire
Middle Colonies: New York , Penn., New
Jersey, and Delaware
Southern Colonies: Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland
Cash crops of tobacco, rice, cotton, sugar
and indigo
Governing the Colonies
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Charter: document defining the land and how
the colony would be governed
Assembly: elected group of law makers
Democratic: decisions made by people
Not a “true” democracy for women, servants,
or slaves
Colonial Fair Project
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Sell your colony
Checklists and due dates
Fair itself
Themes
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Religious Freedom
Money
Self Government
Tasks to be completed workday 1
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Decide on roles
Read the section about your colony
Decide as a group what the strong selling
points of your colony should be
Brainstorm a slogan, saying or theme to use
throughout all of your products
Begin work on your part
Remember you are earning 5 pts today!
Day 2 Tasks to be completed
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Banner finished by Monday
Handout/flyer/brochure/newsletter by
Monday
Song written by Monday
Sales gimmick decided on and finalized on
Monday
* If your song is finished it needs to be typed
by the advertising director
Day 3 Workday
1 copy of handout to Mr. Ibbotson
 1 copy of song to Mr. Ibbotson
 Banner completed and colored (read rubric)
 Practice singing song
 Head realtor writes speech
*Note: 3 minutes long, you are verbally explaining the
banner and handout trying to sell your colony. This 3
minutes does not include the song or passing out the
gimmick!
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Massachusetts
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Puritans: Purify the Church of England
Separatists: separate from the Church of England
1620, 50 separatists set sail on the Mayflower led by
William Bradford
Mayflower Compact
First Thanksgiving 1621
1631 a large group of Puritans follow the separatists
to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony led by John
Winthrop
Rhode Island and Connecticut
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Roger Williams and
Anne Hutchinson
Religious Freedom
“Forced worship stinks
in God’s nostrils”
Slave trade and pirates
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Thomas Hooker
Disagreements with the
law and leadership
Fundamental Orders
Right to vote to all men
in the Puritan church
New York
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New Amsterdam then New York 1664
Part was given to make N.J.
Poor vs. Rich
Taxes and capitalism
Rights of the colonists vs. the royal governor
Pennsylvania
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Pacifist
Repayment of a debt and get rid of William
Penn
All people treated equally
Jobs, peace, prosperity, tolerance, self
government
Maryland
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Refuge for English Catholics
Cecil Calvert and the need for Protestants
and Catholics
Religious protection for Christians but no
other faiths
Self government and agriculture based
Virginia
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Roanoke, Jamestown, and tobacco
Plantations for cash crops with slaves and
indentured servants
1661 House of Burgesses pass a law making
African slaves for life
By 1700, 16,000 Africans (1/4 of the
population of Virginia)
Georgia
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James Oglethorpe and the utopia
Need to compete with Florida
Bans on alcohol and slavery
An army of the poor
Strong farm economy and eventually slave
trade