The Thirteen Colonies By Mrs Moore English Colony

The Thirteen Colonies By Mrs. Moore

English Colony 1 st permanent settlement Leader John Smith Jamestown No gold was found- made a profit off tobacco http: //www. history. com/topics/jamesto wn/videos/the-value-of-tobacco Established for economic reasonshoping for gold

New England Religion: Pilgrims and Puritans settled here for religious freedom. The meeting house was the center of the religion. They wanted religious conformity. Economy: Made money from ship building, timber, fishing, whaling Lifestyle: women did cooking and cleaning, men worked in stores or as artisans. Kids learned to read and write Important Facts: Cold rocky climate, Fled England for religious persecution. http: //www. history. com/topics/pilgrims

Middle Colonies Religious beliefs: Pennsylvania: Founded by William Penn for Quakers; Maryland: Catholic Wanted religious tolerance Economy: Made money from farming, exporting goods to the Caribbean and other colonies. Important Facts: Colony was once controlled by Dutch and then English Breadbasket of colonies: Maryland tobacco important cash crop Lifestyle: Same as New England

William Penn

Southern Colonies • Religious beliefs: Protestant • Economy: Made money by farming cash crops like tobacco, rice, indigo, Virginia's cash crop was tobacco • Important Facts: Georgia was established as a debtors colony • Lifestyle: Men and women worked on farms along with indentured servants and slaves. Plantations were large farms. Indentured servants were brought to work the farms. A decrease in indentured servants led to slave labor from Africa.

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Think about what colonial life was like in each of theses areas. If you had to live in colonial times, would you rather live in a city, town, or plantation? Use complete sentences to give at least three reasons explaining why you would want to live there.