Specialization and
Interdependence in
the Colonies
by Mrs. Brown & Ms. Strassner
Let’s Review…
• Natural Resources –
Something that is found in nature
and is valuable to humans (minerals,
water, forests, animals etc.)
• Human Resources –
People who hold jobs. Human
Resources are people like fishermen,
craftspeople, or store owners
• Capital Resources –
Human made goods such as lumber,
tools, ships, or even the buildings
where people work
New Vocabulary…
• Specialization –
When people focus on producing one type of
good or service based on their resources
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New Vocabulary…
“Inter” = Between
• Interdependence –
Dependence = To rely on
When two or more people depend
someoneon
oreach
something
other for goods and services
How does Specialization
effect Interdependence
Team A
Specializes in
making
Loopty
Loops
Team A needs Widgets, but are
unable to make them because they
don’t have the resources, so they
get their Widgets from Team B
Team B
Team B needs Loopty Loops, but
they don’t have the right resources
either. So, Team B gets their
Loopty Loops from Team A.
Specializes
in making
Widgets
How did climate,
geographic features,
and other available
resources distinguish
the three regions from
each other?
What are the
benefits of
specialization
and trade?
On your blank map of the colonies,
label the 13 colonies.
New England
Colonies
New England
Colonies
Social Life:
• Villages and churches were centers of
life
• Made-up of religious reformers and
separatists
Civic Life: (politics)
•Town Meetings
Geography:
•Appalachian Mountains
•Boston Harbor
•Hilly Terrain
•Rocky Soil
•Jagged Coastline
New England
Specialized in:
•Fishing
•Shipbuiliding
•Naval Supplies
•Metal Tools & Equipment
Specialization
& Interdependence
New England
Colonies
The New England
colonies depended on
the Mid-Atlantic Colonies
for livestock and grains.
The New England colonies
depended on the Southern
colonies for crops like tobacco,
rice, cotton, and indigo, as well
as forest products such as
lumber, tar, & pitch.
New England
Colonies
Discovery Education
Making of the Thirteen
Colonies: New England Colonies
- The Economy of the New England
Colonies
Mid-Atlantic
Colonies
Mid-Atlantic
Colonies
Geography:
•Appalachian Mountains
•Coastal Lowlands
•Harbors
•Bays
•Wide and Deep Rivers
Specialization
& Interdependence
The Mid-Atlantic colonies depended on the New
England colonies for metal tools and equipment.
Mid-Atlantic
Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Specialized in:
Livestock
Grains
Fish
The Mid-Atlantic colonies depended on the
Southern colonies for tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo,
and forest products like lumber, tar, & pitch.
Discovery Education
Making the Thirteen Colonies
-The Middle Colonies
From Colonies to Constitution:
The American Colonies
-The Middle Colonies
Farm in Pennsylvania
Mid-Atlantic
Colonies
Southern
Colonies
Southern
Colonies
Geography:
•Appalachian Mountains
•Atlantic Coastal Plain
•Good Harbors
•Rivers
Social Life:
•Plantations, Slavery, Mansions,
Indentured Servants, Church of England
•Fewer Cities
•Fewer Schools
Civic Life: (politics)
•Counties
Specialization
& Interdependence
The Southern colonies
depended on the New
England colonies for
manufactured goods
including metal tools
and equipment.
The Southern colonies
depended on the
Mid-Atlantic colonies for
grains and other
agricultural products that
were not plentiful in the
South
Southern Colonies
Specialized in:
Tobacco
Rice
Cotton
Indigo
Forest Products –
Lumber, Tar, and Pitch
Southern
Colonies
Southern
Colonies
Charleston,
South Carolina
Let’s Review
As a pod, discuss the
3 questions that we
explored.
Be prepared to share
your answers!