SIT WITH THE COLONY
YOU ENDED LAST
CLASS PERIOD!
What were important
VIRGINA
characteristics
MARYLAND
describing the Middle
NORTH CAROLINA
colonies?
Next, list all four of
SOUTH CAROLINA
the colonies and tell
GEORGIA
me one unique
Bell ringer
1.
2.
characteristic about
each.
I will be able to see on
your paper if you sit
with the wrong group!
The Middle Colonies
•New York
•New Jersey
•Pennsylvan
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•Delaware
~ Characterized by:
Breadbasket
Diverse Ethnic
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When England and the Dutch Empires went to war, the American
colony was the main target of the King of England.
The goal was to close the gap between the N.E. colonies in the
North and the Chesapeake (Southern) Colonies in the South
New Netherland was to be taken by the King’s brother…the Duke
of York
He floated up to the harbor at the tip of Manhattan and without a
fight, took the City from Stuyvesant.
In 1664 he became the Proprietor of NEW YORK
Prospered greatly as the English most diverse of all the colonies.
Greatest harbors in the world at the time.
King Charles owed William Penn’s Father a debt.
Penn got a land grant to become a PROPRIETOR over a colony.
He brought 2000 colonists
Established Philadelphia as the capital city. Means = “City of Brotherly Love”
Penn was a Quaker…a radical form of Protestantism
They sought an “inner light” to understand the Bible
Equality for all was key to their faith, including N.A.
With religious toleration and peace with the N.A., Pennsylvania prospers
Fertile land/ Navigable river/ just need added to the ocean?
Temperate climate for growing GRAIN (cash crop)
Colony multiples = 18,000 inhabitants by 700
Delaware connection?
William Penn leased the land to create a harbor and access to the sea for
Pennsylvania.
Ruled both colonies with the same Governor and assembly
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The Duke granted two of his friends land in modern day
New Jersey
Established for religious freedom
Developed a charger that created a toleration law
Many diverse people came and made the two men rich
The King bought out the men and made a Royal colony
Swedish traders founded it on the lower Delaware river
Established by the Swedes for $$$
Fur Trade and grain farming
Hostile takeover by Peter Stuyvesant and the Dutch in
1655
Eventually governed by Penn. For their access to the
Atlantic ocean
The Southern Colonies
• Virginia
• Maryland
• N. Carolina
• S. Carolina
• Georgia
~ Characterized by:
Large Plantations
SLAVE LABOR
Cash Crops of Rice, Indigo,
& TOBACCO
South: Plantationville
• Long, hot, humid summers, heavy rainfall
• CASH CROPS:
• Tobacco
• Indigo
• Rice
• Barrels of tobacco were sent downriver to the
coast= less major port cities then N.E or
Middle colonies
MARYland
• Refuge for Catholics: religious tolerance
• Lord Baltimore Jr. is granted charter
• Settlers given land: extra acres for every child
and servant he brought: PULL factors
• Excellent water ways: Potomac River= easy trade
• Great source for fish, oysters, crabs,
• Religious toleration attracts Protestants
• TOLERATION ACT 1649: guaranteed religious
tolerance for all Christians
Virginia
• 1st successful English Settlement:
• John Smith/Pocahontas/ Captain Newport
• Survived two “starving times” with help from
Powhatans
• John Rolfe brought tobacco and made Jamestown a
success
• Virginia House of Burgesses:
• 1st Representative Assembly in 1619
• Adult/Male/White/Land Owning/Church Members
North and South Carolina
• Slow growth, humid and swampy,
• Large amounts of land offered to noblemen
• North Carolina:
Settled by
outspread of
Virginians
• Needed more land
for farming tobacco
and corn
• Most democratic
colony
• Pirates made them
a safety port
• South Carolina:
• Pulled people from the
West Indies
• Brought indigo
• Rice
• Used African slaves to
grow rice and tend cattle
• Had thick, pine forests
• Supplied English navy
with lumber, tar and
pitch
Georgia: colony for the poor
• 1732: James Oglethorpe
founded Georgia
• Refuge for debtors
• Eng. Gov. wanted to make it
a military outpost
“BUFFER”
• Spanish in Florida
• French in Louisiana
• Oglethorpe= strict rules
• King made it a royal colony in
1752
Southern Colonies
Maryland
Refuge for Catholics, yet inhabited by more Protestants.
Religious freedom / Lord Baltimore= proprietor
North Carolina
Refuge for pirates / great place to get Timber to build boats.
Tar was a byproduct of tobacco / Naval Stores were main
export. Religious Freedom
South Carolina
Cotton & Rice dominated this region. Large plantations for
crops and much needed labor = SLAVERY. Aristocracy of the
New World /Charles Town
Georgia
Refuge for debtors. James Oglethorpe was the proprietor.
Military buffer against the Spanish & NA in Florida and the
French to the west.
The 1st SUCCESSFUL English settlement
Refuge for Catholics, yet inhabited by
• John Smith / Pocahontas / Captain Newport
more Protestants.
• Survived brutal winter starving conditions twice with help
Religious freedom / Lord
from the Powhatten Indians.
Baltimore= proprietor
• Made a success after JOHN ROLFE brought the cash crop of
1st TOLERATION ACT
TOBACCO.
• Population grew quickly due to free land / many indentured servants
created labor force.
• 1st REPRESENTATIVE ASSMEBLY in history in 1619 with the formation of the Virginia House
of Burgesses.
• Only for ADULT / MALE/ WHITE /LAND OWNING / CHURCH MEMBERS
Refuge for pirates / great place to get Timber to build boats / Tar was a byproduct of tobacco / Naval
Stores were main export / Very Democratic people / Religious Freedom
Rice, Indigo, Tobacco, & Wine were the main cash crops / Large plantations meant a much needed
labor force = SLAVERY / Aristocracy brought by the French Huguenots
Refuge for debtors. James Oglethorpe was the proprietor. Military buffer against the Spanish & NA in
Florida and the French to the west
Reviewing
the
13 Colonies
1. Why were people motivated to go?
Motivations for founding the
English colonies in America:
1. Religious Freedom
2. Riches
3. Land
4. Commercial trade
Colonizing the New World
• PUSH / PULL Factors
• PUSH: Religious persecution, Overcrowding,
Unjust governing, over taxed
• PULL: Money$$$, Land, Freedom, Frontier,
Glory
Jamestown (Virginia)
• Founded in 1607, Jamestown was the first successful English
settlement in America.
• Why was Jamestown successful?
New England Colonies
•Connecticut
•Rhode Island
•Massachusetts
•New Hampshire
~ Characterized by:
Puritan Religious Values
Fishing, Shipping, &
Trade
Subsistence Farming
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Established with religious toleration / recruited many middle class with free land opportunities
Economy based on timber, trade, & shipping / NOT SIGNIFICANT to colonial make-up
The Puritans came in masses to New England / John Winthrop was their governor, “We shall
be as a city upon a hill.”
Strict people / incredible work ethic / no starving time / Established the 1st full REPUBLIC
system of self governing
Created our 1st forms of PUBLIC EDUCATION…Desired their children to read the BIBLE.
Didn’t believe in TOLERATION for other religious groups /
religious freedom only for Puritans.
Drove off many people due to harshness of trying
Pilgrims brought saints & strangers
to attain perfection.
that needed to be governed…
Eventually, educated themselves out of existence
The MAYFLOWER COMPACT=
1st Self Governing document in American
history. Started the legacy.
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Thomas Hooker established a farming community where
he could preach as he wished.
Established our 1st WRITTEN CONSTITUTION…the
Fundamental Orders, which est. rules and rights for
everyone.
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Roger Williams was driven out of
Mass. for contrary opinions
Established a SEPARATION of
CHURCH & STATE
Allowed religious toleration
The Middle Colonies
•New York
•New Jersey
•Pennsylvan
ia
•Delaware
~ Characterized by:
Breadbasket
Diverse Ethnic
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When England and the Dutch Empires went to war, the American
colony was the main target of the King of England.
The goal was to close the gap between the N.E. colonies in the
North and the Chesapeake (Southern) Colonies in the South
New Netherland was to be taken by the King’s brother…the Duke
of York
He floated up to the harbor at the tip of Manhattan and without a
fight, took the City from Stuyvesant.
In 1664 he became the Proprietor of NEW YORK
Prospered greatly as the English most diverse of all the colonies.
Greatest harbors in the world at the time.
King Charles owed William Penn’s Father a debt.
Penn got a land grant to become a PROPRIETOR over a colony.
He brought 2000 colonists
Established Philadelphia as the capital city. Means = “City of Brotherly Love”
Penn was a Quaker…a radical form of Protestantism
They sought an “inner light” to understand the Bible
Equality for all was key to their faith, including N.A.
With religious toleration and peace with the N.A., Pennsylvania prospers
Fertile land/ Navigable river/ just need added to the ocean?
Temperate climate for growing GRAIN (cash crop)
Colony multiples = 18,000 inhabitants by 700
Delaware connection?
William Penn leased the land to create a harbor and access to the sea for
Pennsylvania.
Ruled both colonies with the same Governor and assembly
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
The Duke granted two of his friends land in modern day
New Jersey
Established for religious freedom
Developed a charger that created a toleration law
Many diverse people came and made the two men rich
The King bought out the men and made a Royal colony
Swedish traders founded it on the lower Delaware river
Established by the Swedes for $$$
Fur Trade and grain farming
Hostile takeover by Peter Stuyvesant and the Dutch in
1655
Eventually governed by Penn. For their access to the
Atlantic ocean
The Southern Colonies
• Virginia
• Maryland
• N. Carolina
• S. Carolina
• Georgia
~ Characterized by:
Large Plantations
SLAVE LABOR
Cash Crops of Rice, Indigo,
& TOBACCO
The 1st SUCCESSFUL English settlement
Refuge for Catholics, yet inhabited by
• John Smith / Pocahontas / Captain Newport
more Protestants.
• Survived brutal winter starving conditions twice with help
Religious freedom / Lord
from the Powhatten Indians.
Baltimore= proprietor
• Made a success after JOHN ROLFE brought the cash crop of
1st TOLERATION ACT
TOBACCO.
• Population grew quickly due to free land / many indentured servants
created labor force.
• 1st REPRESENTATIVE ASSMEBLY in history in 1619 with the formation of the Virginia House
of Burgesses.
• Only for ADULT / MALE/ WHITE /LAND OWNING / CHURCH MEMBERS
Refuge for pirates / great place to get Timber to build boats / Tar was a byproduct of tobacco / Naval
Stores were main export / Very Democratic people / Religious Freedom
Rice, Indigo, Tobacco, & Wine were the main cash crops / Large plantations meant a much needed
labor force = SLAVERY / Aristocracy brought by the French Huguenots
Refuge for debtors. James Oglethorpe was the proprietor. Military buffer against the Spanish & NA in
Florida and the French to the west
GRUDGEBALL!
• Each team gets 10 “x’s”
• Goal of the game: get everyone else off of the board
• How to play:
• Each group gets one question.
• If you get the question wrong you lose 1 “x”
• If they get it right they erase 2 “x’s” from the board (this can
be any team or a couple of teams)
• BEFORE YOU DO THIS!!: you can increase your teams ability
to win…
• By shooting a basket: 2 point line (take 4 x’s) 3 point line (5 x’s)
• If all points are lost you can still get back on the board by
answer a question right and making a basket!