2 2 SETTLEMENT CULTURE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONIES
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2. 2 SETTLEMENT, CULTURE, & GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONIES
SETTLING THE ENGLISH COLONIES • Many settlers came to America for economic reasons. • America offered land for farming. • Those who could not pay for the trip became indentured servants. • Indentured Servants: a worker who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for his or her labor. (4 to 7 years)
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM • Other people came to the colonies to escape religious persecution. • Puritans founded Massachusetts for this reason. • Puritans were religious dissenters or people who opposes official or commonly held views.
COLONIAL LIFE- NEW ENGLAND • Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, & Rhode Island made up the New England Colonies. • Most colonist lived in towns and large scale farming was difficult. • Most worked in towns. Shopkeepers, shipbuilding, & fishing. • Many in New England were Puritians.
THE MIDDLE COLONIES • New York, New Jersey, Delaware were located south of New England. • Farmers raised wheat and other cash crops. • Cash Crops: a crop produced mainly for sale. • The Middle Colonies were also rich in natural resources. (Sawmills, mines, ironworks) • The colonists here depended on resources such as lumber, metals, and natural harbors.
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES • Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. • A warm climate, long growing season, and rich soil made large-scale agriculture successful. • Plantations or large farms/estates developed on the coast. • At first indentured servants did much or the work but over time, slaves were used.
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT • In the 1650’s, Parliament began passing laws to regulate the colony's trade. • King of England appointed governors to enforce the laws. • Local laws were still passed by the colony’s elected assembly.
CHANGE • As time passes, colonists’ assemblies grew stronger. • By the 1700’s, the colonies were used to governing themselves through elected legislatures. • Many began to agree with John Locke’s way of thinking. • People began to resent the British control over the colonies.
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