THE 13 ENGLISH COLONIES

Miss M.

Social Studies 5

November 22, 2011

BEFORE CLASS:NAME AS MANY OF THE 13 COLONIES AS YOU

CAN!

ObjectivesOBJECTIVES

• Explain how events in England

affected the founding of the Middle

and Southern Colonies

• Outline the similarities and

differences of the settlers in each

region

Class Note

While I’m Taking Attendance

THINK ABOUT ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE HOW YOU MIGHT FEEL IF YOU WERE AN

INDENTURED SERVANT!

If you do not remember what an Indenture Servant is, please refer to your Chapter!

Vocabulary

• Dissenter– Person whose views differ from those held by

most people in the community• Proprietors

– Owners• Debtors

– People who owed money

New England Colonies• The Puritan Settlements

• Dissenter- A person whose views differ from those held by most people in the community

• Roger Williams

• Anne Hutchinson

• Thomas Hooker

The Middle Colonies

• Expanding the Middle Colonies

• William Penn

The Southern Colonies

• Proprietors- Owners

• James Oglethorpe– Debtors- people who

owed money– Georgia

Houses of WorshipIn the Colonies

New EnglandMiddle and Southern

Colonies

Meetinghouse ChurchesStrict Mixture of religions

Southern Colonies

Baptists and Anglicans

Middle Colonies

Catholics, Quakers, Lutherans, Jewish,

And other

Farming in the ColoniesFarming in the colonial days was very

different from region to region. Unlike today, the colonists did not have large machines to help them farm. They relied on manpower and the help of animals.

In the New England Colonies, the colonists relied on the ocean to supply them with their food. With poor soil and bad winters, the main food the New Englanders contributed to the economy was fish.

More on Farming

Farming was the most successful in the Middle Colonies. This area was often called the “breadbasket” because they grew so much food. They were known for their wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. They could make flour and use the wheat they had grown to sell to other colonies or even Europe.

Finally, in the Southern Colonies the most popular crop was tobacco. This was passed down from the Jamestown colonists leaving behind tobacco farms all over Virginia and North Carolina.

Schooling in the Colonies

• Christianity• Grammar Schools

BoysGirls

• Largely religious but taught the teachings of the Catholic Religion

• Schools

BoysGirls

• Taught at Home

• Teenage Life

The Common

The American colonists had parks in their communities, but not playgrounds like we think of today.

The common was short for “common area,” a large area in the center of a village or town where people would gather before and after meetings. A meetinghouse was usually in the common. New Englanders let their cattle graze in the common.

“Common Area”

Villages and towns in the Middle and Southern colonies had common areas as well. Here, children played, tutors instructed students, and families gathered to discuss the news of the day.

As is the case today with parks, colonial common areas provided an opportunity for people to gather in a safe place.

Song of the Thirteen Colonies

This song is to be sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”

Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, and North Carolina; Massachusetts, Maryland, and South Carolina. Pennsylvania, New York! New Hampshire, and New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut:

These were the thirteen colonies!

AssignmentComplete the open book vocabulary quiz posted in Schoology before 8AM

tomorrow!

Study your 13 Colonies! On Tuesday, November 29 you will have your quiz! You will simply list the 13 colonies as

an essay question in Schoology!