The Colonies

North

Middle

South

The South

• - Colonies each needed products to export (need money!!)

• - South turned into plantation society – each area specialized in a different crop (tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton)

• - Large plantations were set up – towns didn’t develop as well as in the North because so much land went to plantations

• - Crops shipped directly to the North and to Europe• - Plantations needed lots of labor (cheap) – 1/3 of all

settlers were indentured servants

The North

• - Life in New England different from South• 1. Economic reasons – no big staple crops

– developed own goods that could be traded and sold

• 2. No plantations – lived in small towns• 3. Relied on manufacturing and shipping

Middle Colonies

• Delaware • New Jersey• Pennsylvania• Virginia• Maryland• Aspects of both north and south• Becomes key area- “swing states”

Assignment

• Draw a map of the 13 colonies- make it big• Label each colony• Inside / next to each, use words, symbols,

& drawings to show what life was like there, why it was settled, impt people / history….

Assignment 2

• Each set of partners will represent a colony

• Create a flag that represents your colony• Create a postcard / pamphlet that shows /

advertises for life in your colony• Incorporate the history, economics,

geography, society