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American Colonies by RegionTRANSCRIPT
Quick Review
England Wants Gold & Silver! Today we will talk about how Jamestown
was founded (created) in 1607.
It was England’s first permanent colony in North America.
France, Spain and Portugal were already in North America!
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Going to Virginia!!!
Why Go??
People went for one of three reasons…–Political (Glory)–Social (God)–Economic (Gold)
Settlement of Jamestown
• The Virginia Company offered people willing to move to Jamestown a headright.
Headright – 50 acres of land given to each person who could pay their own way to Virginia
Official seal of the Virginia Company
In the photos above, the blue square represents one acre.
one acre = 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet
It was easy to defend.
4 reasons they chose a peninsula:
The water was deep enough for ships to dock.They thought they had a
good supply of fresh water.The river provided food
and a pathway for exploration.
swampy
unsafe water
mosquitoes
“He that will not work, shall not eat!”
John Smith maintained a good relationship with the Powhatans so the colonists were able to …
starving time
The Powhatans had introduced the colonists
to 2 new crops:
corn and
tobacco
Tobacco was sold in England as Jamestown’s _______ _______.
cash crop
Mayflower- Ship the Pilgrims came to the new world on.
Pilgrims
Want religious freedom from England in 1620.
Mayflower Compact- agreement signed by Pilgrims to do what was best for group, helped establish idea of early democracy in America.
•41 Male passengers on the Mayflower formed into a signed a compact promising to write and obey ""just and just and equal lawsequal laws ... for the general good of the colony."
•The compact brought an element of democracy to America and was an example of the practice of self-self-governmentgovernment in the colonies.
•All the colonies practiced some form of self-self-governmentgovernment…………
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Environment, Culture, and Migration.
The Three Regions
New EnglandMiddle
ColoniesSouthern
Colonies
New EnglandGEOGRAPHY
Land/Weather
Very Short Growing Season Long Cold Winters Large Forests On the Atlantic Ocean Rocky Soil/Bad (infertile)
PRODUCTS Subsistence Farming Timber and Ship Building
Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar)
Rum and other Manufactured Trade Goods
Fishing/Whale Hunting
Why the came Puritans and Pilgrims
who believed in working hard and following strict religious rules.
New EnglandECONOMY $$$$$$$
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New EnglandWhy they came??
Religious Freedom and to make Money.
Middle ColoniesGEOGRAPHY
Fertile Soil (Good Soil)
Mild Temperatures Many lakes and
rivers for transportation.
PRODUCTS Called the Bread Colonies Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye. Made homespun products. Trade
Middle ColoniesEconomic $$$$
Middle Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Middle ColoniesWhy They Came
Religious Freedom and & $$$$$
ENVIRONMENT Atlantic and Gulf
Coastal Plains. Long growing season
and fertile land. Warm for most of the
year Humid
Southern ColoniesGeography
Southern ColoniesEconomic
Farmed CASH CROPS Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton. Trade “cash crops” farmed on
Plantations. Purchase manufactured goods.
Southern ColoniesGovernment Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Merchant: A person who produces or trades goods.
Subsistence Farming: When a family grows only enough food to survive.
Cash Crops: Crops that are grown in large amounts and sold for a profit.
Colonial RegionsVocabulary
Indentured Servants: People who are brought to the colonies and must work to pay off the trip.
Slaves: People captured in Africa and sold to plantation owners. The plantation owner saw them as property.
Colonial RegionsVocabulary
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