13 Colonies
Colonial Features
Bell Ringer
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What do the colonial regions have in common? List
two things for each region. Use your chart to find
info that is the same.
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New England
1. Founded for religious freedoom
2.
Middle Colonies
1.
2.
Southern Colonies
1.
2.
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The New England Colonies
Massachusetts
(Maine)
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
MR CONHAM
Life in…NEW ENGLAND
– People live close together in cities and small towns.
– Religion (Puritanism) is the center of peoples’ lives.
 Study the Bible regularly
 Go to church for long hours on Sundays
 Theocracy: church leaders are political leaders (only white
males)
 Salem Witch Trials: 1692 in Mass.
– Education: public schools began in MA (Horace Mann)
– Government:
 New England town meeting (Direct Democracy)
 Eventually becomes anti-British Sons of Liberty,
Committees of Correspondence
RHODE ISLAND
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Founders
– Roger Williams
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– Natives
– People seeking religious
freedom
Reasons Founded
– Left Mass. Because he
believed you should be able
to worship god as you
pleased.
People
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Climate and Geography
– Red soil rich for farming
– Harsh winter
RHODE ISLAND (Cont)
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Economy
– Shipping, ship builders,
slave trading center
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Religion
– Freedom of religion
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Politics
– Create laws in an assembly
CONNECTICUT
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Founders
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– Thomas Hooker (puritan
minister)
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Reasons Founded
– Left Mass due to lack of
democracy thought church
should be separated from
government.
People
– Natives
– People seeking freedom
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Climate and Geography
– Forests
– Farming
CONNECTICUT (Cont)
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Economy
– Shipping
– Fishing
– Whaling
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Religion
– Puritan
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Politics
– Separation of church and
state.
– First written laws in America
MASSACHUSETTS
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Founders
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– Puritans
– Pilgrims
– Natives
– John Winthrop (Puritans)
– William Bradford
(Pilgrims/Separatists)
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Reasons Founded
– Wanted to practice their
religion freely.
– Wanted their religion to be
more pure
People
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Climate and Geography
– Fertile land for small
farming
– Winters bitterly cold
MASSACHUSETTS (Cont)
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Economy
–
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–
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Grew own food
Cattle
Fur
Timber
Religion
– Puritans very strict. Must be
apart of their religion no
freedom.
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Politics
– Theocracy meaning the
church was in charge and
made the decisions
Middle Colonies
NY
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PA
NJ
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DE
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The Middle colonies
included:
New York (NY) ,
New Jersey (NJ) ,
Delaware (DE),
and Pennsylvania
(PA).
No Nonsense Police Department
Life in…Middle Colonies
– People live on farms, cities and towns
– Religion: Many different religions,
known as a place for “religious
tolerance.”
 Catholics,
Quakers, Methodists, Baptists
– Government: Gov’ts were set up to
treat people equally and accept
differences
– Famous people: William Penn
NEW YORK
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Founders
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– Samuel de Champlain
– Henry Hudson claimed for
Netherlands eventually
England takes over.
– Dutch
– English Puritans
– slaves
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Reasons Founded
– Setup for Dutch East Indian
Company exploited for
resources.
People
Climate and Geography
– Hot summer, bitter cold
winter, ground was rocky.
NEW YORK (Cont)
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Economy
– Fur trapping, lumber trading,
shipping, and slave trade.
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Religion
– Considerable religious
freedom
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Politics
– Run by governor appointed
by king made all the laws.
MARYLAND
ACTUALLY SOUTHERN
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Founders
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– George Calvert
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People
– Mostly Catholics some other
religions
Reasons Founded
– Catholic looking for
sanctuary
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Climate and Geography
– Low fertile soil
MARYLAND (Cont)
ACTUALLY SOUTHERN
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Economy
– Flax, grains, corn, wheat,
and lumber
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Religion
– Catholic but had freedom of
religion
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Politics
– Govern themselves but
Calvert is in charge could
print money create laws, etc.
PENNSYLVANIA
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Founders
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– William Penn
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– People throughout Europe:
Germany, Ireland, Scotland,
Quakers
Reasons Founded
– Land grant to Penn a haven
for religious persecution
People
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Climate and Geography
– Rolling hills, trees, and
fertile soil
PENNSYLVANIA (Cont)
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Economy
– Raised crops, dairy cattle,
and lumber
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Religion
– Religious tolerance, city of
brotherly love
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Politics
– Free men elected
representatives to an
assembly voted on laws.
MD
VA
Southern
Colonies
NC
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SC
GA
The Southern Colonies
included: Maryland
(MD), Virginia (VA),
North Carolina (NC),
South Carolina
(SC), and Georgia
(GA).
Not So Vicious Ginny Muse
Life in…Southern Colonies
– People are spread out on plantations
– Rich plantation owners form a “planter
aristocracy.”
– Education: Only the wealthy are educated
– Racism: Slavery leaves a legacy of
racism/discrimination the south continues to
struggle with. (White vs. Black)
– Georgia: “debtor colony”where debtors
from England were sent. “Buffer Colony”
buffer from Spanish owned Florida
SOUTH CAROLINA
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Founders
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– 8 lords sent by King Charles
II
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People
– Europeans seeking freedom,
salves, 150 acres to any
freeman.
Reasons Founded
– Given land grant as an
investment.
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Climate and Geography
– Some fertile, some swampy,
some sick from malaria.
SOUTH CAROLINA (Cont)
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Economy
– Cotton, tobacco, indigo, rice,
plantations using slaves
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Religion
– Religious liberty
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Politics
– Control retained by England.
GEORGIA
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Founders
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– James Oglethorpe
– George II gave the job to 8
lord proprietors
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Reasons Founded
– George II saw as a way to
steal from Spain. Used it as a
place to send debtors.
People
– Debtors or people looking
for freedom, some
missionaries.
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Climate and Geography
– Mild summer, hot winters,
some swamps and
mountains
GEORGIA (Cont)
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Economy
– Cotton, tobacco, indigo, and
rice, slave labor, plantations
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Religion
– Freedom of religion
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Politics
– Elected representatives to
Common House of
Assembly government had
final word.
VIRGINIA
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Founders
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– Sir Walter Raleigh
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People
– Most English free land if
bought stock in the company
Reasons Founded
– Investment Virginia
Company of London
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Climate and Geography
– Low fertile land suitable for
large plantations
VIRGINIA (Cont)
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Economy
– Tobacco and slave trade
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Religion
– Church of England required.
No freedom of religion
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Politics
– House of Burgesses elected
representatives.
WHICH REGION??
New England
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Economy:
– Boating, fishing, deep harbors
Southern
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Economy:
– Large plantations, tobacco, rice
New England
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Reasons for being Founded:
– Religious reasons mostly by Puritans
Middle
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Reasons for being founded:
– Started by William Penn (Quakers)
Southern
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Reasons for being founded:
– Mostly financial reasons to make money for
England.
Southern
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Government:
– Mostly still controlled by England.
Middle
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Religion:
– Only region that had total religious freedom
Middle
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New York
New England
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New Hampshire
New England
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Rhode Island
Southern
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North and South Carolina
Middle
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New York
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