Thirteen Colonies

New England Colonies

• 1. Massachusetts 1620• 2. Connecticut 1635• 3. Rhode Island 1636• 4. New Hampshire 1638

Reasons settled

• 1. Religious freedom

• 2. Trade

Climate

• Bitter cold winters• Short growing seasons

Soil

• Hard, rocky soil

• Subsistence Farming: farmers can barely grow enough crops to feed their families.

Major Products to make $

• 1.Industry• 2. Shipbuilding• 3. Fishing/Whaling

Famous People/Events

• Pilgrims • William Bradford• Thanksgiving• Puritans wanted to change from the Church of

England

Details

• Mayflower Compact 1620-signed by Pilgrims- promised to follow laws and rules for good of the colony. Basis for our government.

• Salem Witch Trials 1692

Middle Colonies

• 1. New York 1620• 2.Delaware 1628• 3. New Jersey 1638• 4. Pennsylvania 1682

Reasons settled

• 1. Business profit & trade• 2. Religious reasons

Climate

• Cold winters• Average growing seasons

Soil

• Rocky coastline but some rolling green hills

Major products

• Small farms• Grain, cattle

Famous People/Events

• *William Penn (Pennsylvania) established the Quaker religion based on toleration and abolishing slavery

Details

• *William Penn established Pennsylvania as a “Holy Experiment”

• He sais “any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule (and the people have decided on those laws!”

• New York was originally a Dutch colony until the British took it away. 1st diverse colony in New World

Southern Colonies

• 1. Virginia 1607 Jamestown• 2. Maryland 1634• 3/4. North/South Carolina 1660-1670• 5. Georgia 1753

Reasons settled

• Mercantilism a country’s power depends on its wealth; profit from trade

• Georgia founded as a colony for debtors

Climate

• warm, damp, humid weather• long growing season

Soil

• moist, rich soil

Major products

• Tobacco (1st cash crop)• Lumber, rice• Agricultural Society (farming)• slaves

Famous People

• James Oglethorpe established Georgia as a place for debtors and prisoners

Details

• Jamestown survived because of tobacco and the arrival of women. Originally all male colony searching for gold

• House of Burgesses 1st representative form of government in New World.

• Slaves 1st brought to America to work tobacco plantations in southern colonies.

• Triangular Trade Route