GQ: What were the distinguishing
characteristics of the 13 colonies?
• begin to answethe GQ.
keyword- New Englando note at least 3
bullet points.
• Massachusetts is 2nd English colony
established (after Virginia)
• Pilgrims, heading for Virginia,
land here instead
• begin to answethe GQ.
Try to note at least 3 bullet points.
• Massachusetts is 2nd English colony
established (after Virginia)
• Pilgrims, heading for Virginia, land here
• 10 years later, more
Puritans arrive
• theocracy = Church
is the government
• begin to answethe GQ.
Try to note at least 3 bullet points.
• New Hampshire is established soon after,
and begins to attract those unhappy with
strict Puritan rule
• begin to answethe GQ.
Try to note at least 3 bullet points.
• New Hampshire is established soon after,
and begins to attract those unhappy with
strict Puritan rule
• Rhode Island founded
specifically for
religious freedom
• Haven for pirates
• begin to answethe GQ.
Try to note at least 3 bullet points.
• New Hampshire is established soon after,
and begins to attract those unhappy with
strict Puritan rule
• Rhode Island founded
specifically for
religious freedom
• Not very nice
to the natives
• Big player in
the slave trade
• Big player in
the slave trade
• Connecticut is founded for a more
representative government
• Their “Fundamental Orders” is the first
written Constitution
• begin to answethe GQ.
Try to note at least 3 bullet points.
GQ: What were the distinguishing
characteristics of the 13 colonie
keyword- Middle Coloniesbullet points.
• New Amsterdam (Dutch colony) founded
around same time as Massachusetts
• Taken over by English in 1664, renamed
New York
• Run by an
English noble,
who gave the
south part away
to some friends
(New Jersey)
• New Amsterdam (Dutch colony) founded
around same time as Massachusetts
• Taken over by English in 1664, renamed
New York
• New Jersey
attracts a
large Quaker
population
• Big on farming
& ironworks
• Pennsylvania founded by a Quaker
• Advertised religious freedom
around Europe
BUT…these are not the place for Jacob Berkeley
because they were places with connections
to the Dutch West India Company!!
keyword- Southern
Colonieso note at least 3
• Virginia was the first
English colony, estd.
at Jamestown, 1607
• Originally a business
venture, but soon
attracts many Puritans
• Maryland founded
by an English noble
as a Catholic refuge
(but open to all)
• When king takes more
interest in Virginia,
declaring it Anglican,
Puritans move to
Maryland
• Tobacco is a
cash crop, grown
primarily in Virginia
and North Carolina
cash crop = something
grown to make money,
not to eat
• Indigo (used as a dye)
is another cash crop,
grown primarily in
South Carolina and
Georgia
• Carolina was a royal
colony, so --like at
home in England–
Anglican was the
official religion
• In North Carolina,
the Anglican Church
grew very slowly,
allowing others like
the Quakers to become
established there
• Carolina was a royal
colony, so --like at
home in England–
Anglican was the
official religion
• South Carolina’s
charter* promised
religious freedom,
but everyone was
taxed to support
the Anglican Church
*charter = official paper
saying king grants this
land to the colonists
Indentured Servants
• Used on plantations, especially in Virginia
and the Carolinas
• Receive free passage to new world in exchange
for 5-7 years hard labor; at end, receive small
plot of land
• First Africans in colonies were indentured servants
• Led to start of slavery
• Georgia was the
last colony founded
• Was supposed to be
for imprisoned debtors
but not many came
• Founder wanted a
colony with
-small farms
-no slavery
-religious freedom
-harmony with
Native Americans
• It didn’t work!
Georgia eventually
became a place with
big plantations and
slavery, just like
the Carolinas and
Virginia