Colonial America
The Original 13 Colonies
The Original 13 Colonies
Reasons People Came to the New World
• Religious Freedom
• Trade/Farming
• Debtor Haven
Religious Freedom
Pilgrims 1620
Puritans 1630
Connecticut
1636
Rhode Island
1638
Pennsylvania
1681(Quakers)
Maryland 1634
(Catholic colony)
Trade and/or Farming
NH
NY
Jamestown,
Virginia 1607
NJ
DEL
NC
SC
Debtor Haven
Georgia 1733
3 Regions:
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
New England
Colonies
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Middle Colonies
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Southern Colonies
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Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
 Climate - bitterly cold winters,
mild summers,
short growing season (and rocky soil)
 Settlements – small towns, mainly on the coast,
created harbors and ports for trade
Resources – forested lands, abundant fish
Economy – shipbuilding, fishing, part of Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade
The Middle
Passage
This plan above of a slave ship shocked the public when it appeared in 1789. It shows
how 482 slaves could be packed on board the Brookes of Liverpool for the 6 to 8
week voyage to the West Indies. The Brookes actually carried 609 slaves on one
voyage.
Middle Colonies
Climate – warmer summers=longer growing season
Settlements - on coast or large rivers, large cities on
harbors -- New York (the Dutch) and Philadelphia
Middle
Colonies
The “Breadbasket”
of America
Resources – land for growing cash crops
Economy – cash crops- fruits, vegetables & grains
Southern Colonies
• Climate – long growing season, warm weather and
plentiful rainfall
• Resources – rich soil, flat land for large crops
Southern colonies
Settlements - mainly on large
plantations
Economy – tobacco, rice, indigo,
and cotton crops (raised using
slave labor
Population Increase
Settlers: 250,000 (1700) to 2,500,000 (1775)
Slaves:
28,000 to 500,000
Colonies Quiz
#1: Which colonies were known as the
“Breadbasket” colonies?
The Middle Colonies: Pennyslvania, New York,
Delaware, Maryland
Colonies Quiz
#2: Which colony was created for a different
reason than the others?
Georgia, as a refuge for debtors.
Colonies Quiz
#3: The Pilgrims and Puritans settled in which
region of the colonies?
New England
Colonies Quiz
#4: Which region of the colonies was LEAST
suited to the use of slave labor?
New England
13 Colonies