Southern Middle New England Colonies Southern Colonies Virginia

Southern, Middle & New England Colonies

Southern Colonies Virginia (1607) – Jamestown § 1 st English colony in N. A. Province of Carolina (1629) § Split into NC & SC (1712) Maryland (1632) § Founded by Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore) § Haven for Catholics (Act of Toleration-1649) Georgia (1733) § Founded by James Oglethorpe § Debtors

Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations § Cash Crops § Tobacco, rice, & indigo

Southern Colonies

Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations § Cash Crops § Tobacco, rice, & indigo § Relied on slave labor

Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations § Cash Crops § Tobacco, rice, & indigo § Relied on slave labor In the “west” - subsistence farming, hunting, trading

Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations § Cash Crops § Tobacco, rice, & indigo § Relied on slave labor In the “west” - subsistence farming, hunting, trading Government § Controlled by wealthy land-holders § Strong connection to England § Virginia House of Burgesses (1619) § 1 st elected legislature in N. A.

Virginia House of Burgesses

Middle Colonies Province of New York § Originally New Netherland (1613) § New York (1664) Delaware § New Netherland & New Sweden (1638) § English in 1664 New Jersey (1664) Province of Pennsylvania § Land grant to William Penn (1681) § Quakers

Middle Colonies Economy was based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, & trading § NY & Philly key trading centers

Middle Colonies Economy was based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, & trading § NY & Philly key trading centers Toleration § Groups persecuted in Europe found refuge here § Quakers, Mennonites, Amish – PA § Jews, Huguenots – NY § Presbyterians - NJ

New York City (1771)

Middle Colonies Economy was based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, & trading § NY & Philly key trading centers Toleration § Groups persecuted in Europe found refuge here § Quakers, Mennonites, Amish – PA § Jews, Huguenots – NY § Presbyterians - NJ § Government reflected this as well § Democratic principles reflected the basic rights of Englishmen

New England Colonies Massachusetts (1691) § Plymouth (1620) & Mass. Bay (1628) § Separatist & Puritans Connecticut (1635) Rhode Island & Providence Plantations (1636) § Roger Williams & Anne Hutchison Province of New Hampshire (1680)

New England Colonies Religion § Founded by groups seeking religious freedom § Pilgrims (Plymouth) § John Winthrop (Mass. Bay Colony) § Puritans § “City on a hill” § Salem Witch Trials (1692 -93) § Rhode Island § Founded by people kicked out of Mass.

New England Colonies Economy § Based on shipbuilding, fishing & whaling, lumbering, subsistence farming

Charles W. Morgan – Mystic, CT

New England Colonies Economy § Based on shipbuilding, fishing &whaling, lumbering, subsistence farming § Prosperous → reflected Puritans’ strong belief in hard work & thrift Government § “Athenian” town hall – pure democracy § Only for “true believers” § Mayflower Compact (1620) § Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) § 1 st written constitution § democratic