Unit 3 Colonial AmericaColonial AmericaColonial America

Why do people settle new areas?

Lessons

Lesson 1New England

Lesson 2The Middle Colonies

Lesson 3The Southern Colonies

Lesson 4Colonial Life

Lesson 5Slavery in the Colonies

Lesson 6Colonial Economies

Lesson 7Colonial Governments

New England Colonies

Vocabularycovenant

common

tolerate

fundamental

slavery

Lesson 1

How did differences shape New England?

New EnglandMC 5 Massachusetts,Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

1.) have a town common 2.) establish a meeting house to make decisions 3.) SA create schools so all children could read the Bible

They had villages that included jobs for milling, inn keeping, blacksmithing, and barrel-making.

What was daily life like?

What were some of their ideas?

What made their economy strong?

These colonies had a strong coastal fishing industry along with a lot of timber used to make houses and ships.

New England

MC 1 The Puritans were better prepared than the Pilgrims because they brought more supplies and animals.

MC 2 John Winthrop wrote about building “a city upon a hill” that would show how God wanted people to live.

MC 3 If people disagreed with the Puritans, they left and started their own colony.

New EnglandFILL covenant – an agreement

FILL common – the center of a village where people “hung out”

FILL tolerate – to allow people to have beliefs or behaviors that are different for everyone

FILL fundamental – basic

FILL slavery – the practice of owning people and forcing them to work

MC 4 When the English came over in the 1600s, they started seizing the land of the Wampanoag. This led to the start of King Philip’s War.

The Middle Colonies

Vocabularypatroon

proprietor

Lesson 2

What factors influenced the development of the Middle Colonies?

The Middle Colonies MC 9 Pennsylvania, New York,New Jersey, Delaware

The MC had farms that included jobs for producing corn, wheat, and oats along with jobs on coastal towns known for fur-trading, timber and fishing.

What were the MC known as? Why?

They were known as the “breadbasket” of the colonies because they produced so much wheat.

What was daily life like?

The Middle Colonies

MC 6 New Amsterdam = Manhattan

MC 7 New York and New Jersey had very strong economies because they traded with each other.

MC 8 Philadelphia = “brotherly love”

The Southern Colonies

Vocabularyplantation

indigo

debtor

Lesson 3

How did the Southern Colonies differ from other settlements?

The Southern Colonies MC 13 Maryland, Carolinas, Georgia, VirginiaWhat was daily life like?

They had large plantations and small farms that included jobs for working in the fields, carpentry, blacksmithing, laundry, and flour mills.

What were some of their ideas?

1.) peacefully separate Catholics and Protestants2.) need more settlers/slaves to grow cash crops

What made their economy strong?

These colonies had rich soil which produced valuable cash crops such as indigo, rice, and tobacco.

The Southern ColoniesWhy was the colony of Maryland founded?

MC 11 Maryland was founded to provide a religious haven for Catholics and Protestants.

Why was Georgia settled?

SA Georgia was settled to protect colonists from Spain in the south and the French in the west.

MC 12 In Georgia Mary Musgrove helped the Creek and the colonists get along by being a translator between the two groups.

The Southern Colonies

MC 10 In Georgia James Oglethorpe wanted to send debtors to the colonies to work so slavery would not be necessary.

FILL debtors – a person who owes money but cannot repay it

FILL plantation – a large farm that grows one crop as a cash crop

FILL indigo – a plant used to make blue dye

Colonial LifeVocabularyslave trade

apprentice

growth rate

Great Awakening

backcountry

Lesson 4

How did economic needs affect life in the colonies?

Colonial LifeSA Why did people come to

America?• fled wars or food shortages• the promise of cheap land• economic opportunity• religious freedom• enslaved and forced to work

FILL slave trade = the business of buying and selling people

MC 15 Indentured servants had their passage to the colonies paid for in exchange for 5-7 years of work.

Colonial LifeFILL An apprentice was a young person who learned a trade or craft by working with a skilled adult.

MC 14 How did Benjamin Franklin help Philadelphia grow?•started the University of Pennsylvania•established the first fire department•established the first public library •improved the city’s police department and postal system.

Colonial Life

FILL The Great Awakening was a period in the 1700s in which interest in religion grew.

FILL The backcountry is the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

MC 16 People settled in the backcountry because land was cheaper than on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

Slavery in the Colonies

Vocabularyslave codes

spiritual

Lesson 5

Why did slavery develop in the English Colonies?

Slavery in the Colonies

MC 17 In 1641 Massachusetts became the first colony to make slavery legal.

Because the demand for enslaved workers kept growing, the colonists changed the laws saying any captive African could be enslaved; including Christians.

Slavery in the Colonies

MC 19 Because of harsh treatments, there were many slave revolts. The main goal of these revolts was to gain freedom.

Slaves in the North Slaves in the South

Northern colonies built slave ships.

Slaves did labor on small farms.

Southern cash crops were labor-intensive.

MC 18 Enslaved workers lived on plantations because these farms needed a lot of workers.Enslaved workers

were used in construction.

SA There were many people who resisted slavery. They would do this by slowing down their work, breaking tools, and escaping.

Colonial EconomiesVocabulary

triangular trade

Middle Passage

industry

Lesson 6

What influenced the development of colonial economies?

Colonial EconomiesSA What was brought from the west coast of Africa to the West Indies and then to Charleston?

FILL triangular trade – a shipping route between Africa, the West Indies, and England/North America

FILL Middle Passage – the part of the TT route between Africa and the West Indies, where African captives were taken to the West Indies

Colonial EconomiesWhat were the most important exports of New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies?

SA In the colonies England wanted the colonists to buy goods like hats, nails, and horseshoes SO they made it illegal to make these goods themselves.

MC 20 Colonists thought these trade laws were very unfair.

FILL industry = all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service

NE – lumber, ships, fish

MC – wheat, cheese, crafts

SC – tobacco, rice, indigo

Why did each region have a different economy?

Climate and natural resources

Colonial Governments

Vocabularyassembly

legislation

Lesson 7

How did values shape colonial governments?

Colonial Governments

MC 23 In colonial governments, only white men who owned land could vote.

SA The governor represented the interests of England. The assembly represented the interests of the colonists.

An assembly was a group of people who made the laws.

MC 21 “freedom of the press” = the right to speak or print the truth

MC 22 Phillis Wheatley was a famous African-American poet who wrote about the natural rights for Africans and urged colonists to fight for freedom.

ReviewMatch the person with his ideas.

Government should be tolerant of people with different religious views. There should be separation of church and state.

Wrote The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

Believed in the right to free worship and the right to a trial by jury.

All people have natural rights such as life, freedom, and the right to own property.

Believed in freedom of the press.

John Locke Roger WilliamsJohn Zenger

William Penn Thomas Hooker

John Locke

Roger Williams

John Zenger

William Penn

Thomas Hooker

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