Chapter 4. Life in the 13
Colonies, 1650-1750
Pg. 34-42
Life in the 13 Colonies
The colonists were alike in many ways.
They were all:
- ruled by Great Britain
- most of them were farmers
- they grew their own food and made
their own clothes
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William Penn
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-William Penn
owned
Pennsylvania and
made it a place for
religious freedom.
He was a colonist
who made a treaty
with the American
Indians.
Treaty: is a written
agreement .
The New England Colonies
Massachusetts
(Maine)
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New England Colonies
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The biggest city in New England was
Boston, Massachusetts.
It was a town of pretty brick houses and
neat flower gardens. There were several
schools and churches in Boston.
Reasons for coming to the
USA.
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Some people didn’t
like the Church of
England.
They wanted the
Church to be more
pure. These people
were called Puritans.
They decided to start a
colony in the North
East part of the USA.
Colonial Life
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Massachusetts and
Connecticut had laws
saying that if there
were 50 families, a
teacher needed to be
hired and a school
setup.
These schools were
called grammar or
writing schools.
Schools
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Boys went to grammar
schools while girls
went to dame school.
There was no
chalkboards, maps, or
paper.
School teachers were
strict and were
allowed to hit their
students or make them
wear a dunce hat.
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).
The Middle Colonies
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Good farming land
(grains) Livestock,
rivers and hills.
Harbors.
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, was the
biggest city in the
Middle colonies
Interesting Facts about Middle
Colonies
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-Called Breadbasket of
Colonial America. The
farmers raised a surplus
so they could sell.
-Germans invented
Pennsylvania rifle &
Conestoga wagon.
-Philadelphia means
brotherly love.
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).
Southern Colonies
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Rich land, plenty of
rain & a long
growing season.
Coastal plains,
swamps, forests,
harbors.
The Southern Colonies
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The Southern colonies were the most
rural.
Rural area: is one with many farms and
few towns or cities.
Plantations: were large farms.
In the plantations carpenters, weavers,
shoemakers, and blacksmiths lived there.
The main crops were tobacco and rice.
People Groups
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-Maryland was a safe
place for Roman
Catholics.
-South Carolina settled
by French.
-Georgia founded by
Oglethorpe for new
start for debtors in
England.
Interesting Facts about
Southern Colonies
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-Planters’ duties to see
that crops were planted,
records kept, took care
of everyone.
-Slavery was
necessary for Southern
plantation.
The cash crop for
Virginia was Tobacco.
On the Frontier
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The western edge of the 13 colonieas was
known as the frontier.
Life was hard for frontier settlers.
Settlers: are people who go to live in a new
place.
They grew crops like whaet, potatoes, and
squash; hunted for deer and bear, they baked
bread, made jam, spun cloth, and made their
own tools.