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13 Colonies

New England Colonies • ______________

New England • Climate and Physical Features – ____ soils – ____ farming season – Subsistence farming – ____ farming conditions – ____ harbors for port • Cities like ____

New England • Economic Comparative Advantage –Commercial businesses ($$$) • ________________ • ________

New England • Why colonies were started _________________________ Two groups include • ________________

The New England Colonies

Rhode Island • Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence • Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) • Major Cities: Providence • Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island" • Became a State: May 29, 1790

Connecticut • Founded: 1636 by Thomas Hooker and others, at Hartford • Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing) • Major Cities: Hartford, New Haven • Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river" • Became a State: February 6, 1788

Massachusetts • Founded: 1630 by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay • Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding) • Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord • Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place") • Became a State: February 6, 1788

New Hampshire • Founded: 1638 by John Wheelwright and others • Major Industry: Agriculture (potatoes, fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding) • Major Cities: Concord • Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England • Became a State: June 21, 1788

Middle Colonies • ______________

Middle Colonies • Climate and Physical Features –_____ soil –_____ growing seasons than New England –_____ harbors

Middle Colonies • Economic Comparative Advantage –Known as the _______ –Grew crops like _______ –Provided ____ for ______ –Some _____ and ______

Middle Colonies • Why colonies were started –_____________________

The Middle Colonies

Delaware • Founded: 1638 by Peter Minuit and others • Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) • Major Cities: Wilmington • Colony Named for: named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr • Became a State: December 7, 1787

Pennsylvania • Founded: 1682 by William Penn and others, at Philadelphia • Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy), Manufacturing (textiles, papermaking, shipbuilding) • Major Cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster, York • Colony Named for: William Penn and sylvania, Latin for "forest" • Became a State: December 12, 1787

New York • Founded: 1626 by Peter Minuit and others, on Manhattan Island • Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat) • Major Cities: New York City, Albany • Colony Named for: Duke of York • Became a State: July 26, 1788

New Jersey • Founded: 1664 by English colonists • Major Industry: Manufacturing (ironworking, lumbering) • Major Cities: Trenton, Princeton • Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England • Became a State: December 18, 1787

Southern Colonies • ______________ • _______

Southern Colonies • Climate and Physical Features –______ Soil –______ Weather –______ growing seasons –______ harbors

Southern Colonies • Economic Comparative Advantage –Focused on ______ –Large plantation farms for ______________ –Almost _____ shipping

Southern Colonies • Why colonies were started –______________ –Maryland was started for ______________ –Georgia was ______________

Southern Colonies

Maryland • Founded: 1633 by Lord Baltimore and others, at Baltimore • Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, indigo) • Major Cities: Baltimore, Annapolis • Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England • Became a State: April 28, 1788

Virginia • Founded: 1607 by John Smith and others, at Jamestown • Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn) • Major Cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond • Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen, " Elizabeth I • Became a State: June 25, 1788

North Carolina • Founded: 1653 by Virginia colonists • Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco) • Major Cities: Raleigh • Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles, " Charles I of England • Became a State: November 21, 1789

South Carolina • Founded: 1663 by English colonists • Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, cattle) • Major Cities: Charleston • Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles, " Charles I of England • Became a State: May 23, 1788

Georgia • Founded: 1732 by James Oglethorpe and others • Major Industry: Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar) • Major Cities: Savannah • Colony Named for: England's King George II • Became a State: January 2, 1788

Reasons why the colonies began • G___________________________ • G______________