The Middle and Southern Colonies The Middle Colonies

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The Middle and Southern Colonies

The Middle and Southern Colonies

The Middle Colonies • Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, & Delaware • Major economic

The Middle Colonies • Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, & Delaware • Major economic activity= farming (grain crops) & Manufacturing • Known as the “Breadbasket” colonies b/c they supplied all others with grain • Traded guns, cloth, glassware & iron products for profit • Had most diverse population due to so many options for making a profit

Pennsylvania • William Penn – Founded Pennsylvania – Escape religious persecution • Penn was

Pennsylvania • William Penn – Founded Pennsylvania – Escape religious persecution • Penn was a Quaker – Everyone has their own “inner light” from God – No need for a church or ministers – Objected to all political and religious authority • Paying taxes and war – Pacifists – oppose war or violence to settle disputes

The Southern Colonies • Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia & Maryland • Major

The Southern Colonies • Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia & Maryland • Major economic activity = farming • Major crops = cotton, rice, tobacco and indigo • Due to large farming activity, slaves were heavily used in these colonies to produce crops (plantations) • These colonies traded surplus crops to England & fed other colony groups

House of Burgesses • Virginia colony grew quickly • Colonists enjoyed many freedoms •

House of Burgesses • Virginia colony grew quickly • Colonists enjoyed many freedoms • Virginia House of Burgesses – group of colonists who were elected to help the colonial governor make laws for the colony of Virginia. • 1 st elected group of colonists who helped to govern in colonial America

Georgia • James Oglethorpe – Wealthy member of Parliament – Realized many people in

Georgia • James Oglethorpe – Wealthy member of Parliament – Realized many people in England in jail b/c they could not pay their debts – Asked King George II for a colony where poor people could start over