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Colonial America

The Original 13 Colonies

Reasons People Came to the New World

•Religious Freedom• Trade/Farming•Debtor Haven

Religious Freedom Pilgrims 1620

Puritans 1630

Rhode Island 1638

Connecticut 1636

Pennsylvania 1681(Quakers)

Maryland 1634 (Catholic colony)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=pilgrims&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=KDqLIlwuJUHbdM&tbnid=Llp8uuFBOTOLkM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://stepsofcourage.authorsxpress.com/2011/11/28/thanks-for-giving-us-pilgrims-and-other-immigrants/&ei=qKISUo7QHoSfiAKs5oD4DQ&psig=AFQjCNEQ_iYki7zvJSUZdfBd1CpQ8gnH8A&ust=1377039393006085

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Trade and/or Farming

Jamestown, Virginia 1607

NH

NY

NJ

DEL

NC

SC

Debtor Haven

Georgia 1733

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New England

3 Regions:

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

New England Colonies

• Massachusetts• Connecticut• Rhode Island• New Hampshire

Middle Colonies• New York• Pennsylvania• New Jersey• Delaware

Southern Colonies• Maryland

• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

Climate - bitterly cold winters, mild summers, short growing season (and rocky soil)

Settlements – small towns, mainly on the coast, created harbors and ports for trade

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=fishing%20in%20colonial%20new%20england&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=wHLqb3ZB8q-v8M&tbnid=Npgtn4-aAAyVkM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://outpostusa.org/12.%20History/Colonial%20Coast/Salem/Old%20Salem%20Village.html&ei=vZQTUunxCeLMiQLmg4G4CA&psig=AFQjCNHG76KXaLc7fhz3PfFGM0btxzv2-g&ust=1377101332081273

Resources – forested lands, abundant fish Economy – shipbuilding, fishing, part of Triangular Trade

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Triangular Trade

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=triangular%20trade&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=LsKnF0NawnIJ_M&tbnid=HkA2gx4TpPKTIM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id%3D778792&ei=fqgSUs61D-TuigLdzoDgCg&psig=AFQjCNHMU5gJBP3YWTT7vyOB3tq_UC6mYg&ust=1377040689159766

This plan above of a slave ship shocked the public when it appeared in 1789. It shows how 482 slaves could be packed on board the Brookes of Liverpool for the 6 to 8 week voyage to the West Indies. The Brookes actually carried 609 slaves on one voyage.

The Middle Passage

Middle Colonies

Climate – warmer summers=longer growing season

Settlements - on coast or large rivers, large cities on harbors -- New York (the Dutch) and Philadelphia

Middle Colonies

Resources – land for growing cash crops

Economy – cash crops- fruits, vegetables & grains

The “Breadbasket” of America

Southern Colonies

• Climate – long growing season, warm weather and plentiful rainfall

• Resources – rich soil, flat land for large crops

Southern colonies

Settlements - mainly on large plantationsEconomy – tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton crops (raised using slave labor

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Settlers: 250,000 (1700) to 2,500,000 (1775)

Slaves: 28,000 to 500,000

Population Increase

#1: Which colonies were known as the “Breadbasket” colonies?

The Middle Colonies: Pennyslvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland

Colonies Quiz

#2: Which colony was created for a different reason than the others?

Georgia, as a refuge for debtors.

Colonies Quiz

#3: The Pilgrims and Puritans settled in which region of the colonies?

Colonies Quiz

New England

#4: Which region of the colonies was LEAST suited to the use of slave labor?

Colonies Quiz

New England

13 Colonies

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breadbasket colonies

southern colonies settlements

large crops

season settlements

short growing season

large cities

cotton crops

large rivers