Development of a Colonial Identity

New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

New England Colonies

• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Connecticut• Rhode Island

Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Why did the Pilgrims migrate to America?

• The Pilgrims migrated to North America to escape religious persecution

Plymouth, Massachusetts

New England Colonies

EnvironmentHarsh WintersGood HarborsFishingWhaling TradeJagged CoastlinesRocky Soil

New EnglandColonies

• Puritans who lives centered around the church

• Religious freedom vs

Religious toleration

New England Colonies

• New England Villages• Skilled Craftsmen• Shopkeepers

Middle Colonies

• New York• Pennsylvania• New Jersey• Delaware

Middle Colonies

• Quakers who believed in a simple lifestyle and that all people are EQUAL

• They refused to bow before the King, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England

Middle Colonies

• Quakers• Religious diversity-

there were many different religions in the Middle Colonies

Pennsylvania

• William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania believed in religious freedom.

• William Penn was a Quaker

Middle Colonies

• Market towns• Villages and towns• Skilled and unskilled

workers• Fishermen

Middle Colonies

• Moderate climate• Coastal lowlands• Wide and deep rivers• Rich farmland• Grain farming• Livestock raising

New Jersey Penny

Southern Colonies

• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

Southern Colonies Region

• Long growing season• Cash crops• Plantations• Small farms• Humid climate

Southern Colonies

• Good harbors and rivers made it easy to export their cash crops.

• The cash crops in the early Southern Colonies was rice, indigo, and tobacco.

Jamestown, Virginia 1607

• In 1607, a group of wealthy English gentlemen merchants formed the Virginia Company. There goal was an economic venture designed to find goal in the new land.

Southern way of life

• Church of England• Few Schools• Few Cities

Plantation Agriculture

Slave labor

Indentured servants

Large cash crops

Mansions

Southern Lifestyle

• Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Slavery in the South

• Plantation owners relied on slaves and indentured servants to sow and harvest their fields.