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NH
Mass.
R.IConn
NY
PennN.JDelMD
VA
N.C.
S.C.
GA
New England
Middle
Southern
Boston
Providence
Newport
Hartford
AlbanySaratoga
NYC
TrentonPhiladelphia
Baltimore
WilliamsburgRichmond
Charlottesville
Charlotte
Charles Towne(Charleston)
Savannah
New Orleans
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Michigan
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Ontario
Erie
New EnglandNames ofColonies:
New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut
Types ofSettlement
Charter, Royal, Self-Governing NH (Mass. Puritans, some dissenters) Mass. (Pilgrims/Puritans – dissenters from Engl. – Mayflower Compact – all agreed to “common consent” – one gov’t to govern them) R.I. – (Roger Williams – dissenter from Boston – Religious Tolerance and Separation of Church and State) Conn. – (Thomas Hooker – Fundamental Orders - a Constitution – est. free consent of the people)
Churches
Puritan/Congregational
First Jewish Synagogue-Newport(R.I.) *Half-Way Covenant
Economy
Lumber/Timber *Shipbuilding (how?) *Fishing Trading/Shipping Ports – Boston, Portsmouth, Newport, New Haven
* Naval Stores
* Rum *Slave Trade Grain/Cattle Furs/Skins –where?
Nat’l Origin
England
Education
“Public Education” (why?) “Ivy League” N.H. – Dartmouth Mass – Harvard R.I. – Brown Conn - Yale
Labor/Slavery
Where would we
find slaves in N.E.?
Agriculture
Port cities – manufacturing –
allowed in a colony?
MiddleNames ofColonies: New York
Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
Types of Settlement
Charter, Royal, Self-GoverningNY – (Dutch-New Amsterdam – Peter Stuyvesant, Gov. Taken by Charles I 1664, named for Duke of York – James, brother of Charles – James II)NJ – (first two separate –East & West Jersey- colonies, united 1702)PA –William Penn est. in 1682 as a refuge for Quakers -land taken from NY as a “gift”(debt owed to Penn was paid) from the Duke of York. Penn paid the Natives well for the land) Del – (Three southern counties of PA, granted separation in 1704 as New Sweden
Churches
Dutch Reformed “Quakers”/Society of “Friends” – the “Inner Light” *Pacifism *Testifying rather than preaching French Huguenot German Reformed (Pennsylvania “Dutch”- deutsch) German Baptist-Mennonite/Amish Anglican Methodist
Economy
Agriculture – Cattle & Grain Tobacco Furs/Skins Ironworks Trading/ShippingPorts – New York, Philadelphia, & Wilmington DE – southern NJ Shipbuilding
Nat’l Origin
Holland/Netherlands EnglandScotch-Irish Germany France Sweden
Education
Ivy League NY-Columbia(King’s College) NJ – Princeton PA – Penn Public Education?Literacy high amongst the wealthier/landed Illiteracy high among the servant/working class
Labor/Slavery
Head wright System - Indentured Servitude Quakers and Slaves Landed vs. servants See Chesapeake Bay handout
The “Ivy League” of the American Colonies
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The SouthNames ofColonies: Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
Types of Settlement
Charter, Royal, Self-Governing MD – James Calvert-Lord Baltimore, then Maryland (both Henrietta Marie – wife of Charles I and Mary Tudor)Toleration Act allowed Catholics to practice their faith – but Puritans became dominant later) VA – Jamestown – “profit motive” NC & SC – originally Province of Carolina with the southern portion more dominant – separated in 1729
Georgia – est. by James Oglethorpe as a colony for worthy debtors - "Not for ourselves, but for others,"– a social experiment with individuals indentured initially, then, released would have a stake in the colony. Initially slavery was illegal.
Churches
Anglican Methodist Presbyterian Baptist Roman Catholic
Economy
Slave –economy Few Ports – Baltimore, Charles Towne, & southern VA, central coastal NC Trading & Shipping Agriculture – Tobacco Rice & Indigo (?) Cattle & Grain Furs & SkinsLumber & Timber
Nat’l Origin
England * Scotch-Irish Scotland Africa – various “nations” – non Christians could be enslaved. Germany
Education
William & Mary – a Royal College Public Education?Literacy high amongst the wealthier/landed Illiteracy high among the servant/working class
Labor/
Slavery Head wright System – Indentured Servitude Slavery – introduced by Dutch traders. Some of the first black slaves were given their freedom.