Southern Middle New England Colonies Southern Colonies Virginia
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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
- Northern colonies
- When was the new england colonies founded
- 13 colonies chart
- New england, middle and southern colonies comparison chart
- New england region
- Northern middle and southern colonies
- What are the names of the southern colonies
- National weather service pensacola
- Guided reading lesson 2 the new england colonies
- Chapter 3 lesson 2 the new england colonies
- New england colonies leaders
- 13 colonies outline map
- New england colonies facts
- First 13 states
- Middle colonies
- 13 colonies pegs
- New england rocky soil
- New england colonies terrain
- New england colonies climate
- New england colonies definition
- New england colonies drawings
- Chesapeake colonies apush
- New england colonies labor source
- Middle colonies facts
- Colonial brochure