PPT-Middle and Southern Colonies

Middle Colonies Started with the Dutch setting up New Amsterdam along the Hudson river The English took control of New Amsterdam in 1664 when the English sailed into the harbor and the governor had no choice but to surrender to the English. Jamestown, VA . May 13, 1607: Arrival of 104 Male Settlers . WHY?. For what reasons did individuals come to America?. Colonizing America. Wealth. . Colonizing America. Religious dissent. Types of Colonies. Delaware (DE). New Jersey (NJ). New York (NY). Pennsylvania (PA). Some Background Information…. The climate in the Middle Atlantic was good for crops like wheat and corn.. They made so much bread from the wheat that this region was nicknamed “The Breadbasket Colonies!”. Chapter 1 Section 3. English Colonization of North America: Background. No English Colonization before the late 1500s. Late 1400s civil . war. Early 1500s Protestant Reformation (Henry VIII). Late 1500’s major issues over—ready to go. Chapter 3. Objective. To analyze the economic, social, and political growth of the 13 colonies and examine how the colonies and Britain began to grow apart. Time Line (pages 64-65). How long did the French and Indian War last?. . Life on a farm. Life in the city. Rights of colonists’. Crime and punishment. Class differences. Life for African Americans. Religion. Education. Colonial Families. Leisure. Food . Notes on Life on a Farm. Colonial America. Unit 2 Vocabulary. Cash Crops. :. A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use. Dissenters. :. Those who disagree with an established policy, belief, opinions, etc.. Geography. Five colonies that make up the south are:. Maryland. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Share a coastal area called the tidewater which was a flat lowland that includes many swampy areas. Middle Atlantic, Southern. Level 1. Vocabulary. Region. : areas of land created by human used to manage and interpret the complexity of Earth’s surface. Patroons: . a person who held an estate of land with certain privileges like land ownership, the right to establish courts, and the right to appoint local officers. Entertainment differs from region to region in Colonial America. Attitudes toward sport representative of settlers European background. New England: Puritan. Against play generally. Middle Colonies (New York): Dutch, Quaker. 1600’s . and 1700’s, they . became . the home to people of . many . lands. These people . brought . their own customs . and . traditions. In time, they . shaped . these old ways into a . new . American Culture. Rhode Island. Connecticut. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New England. Climate and Physical Features. Rocky Soils. Short farming season. Subsistence farming. Bad farming conditions. Great harbors for port. Objectives/Standards:. Describe the contributions of geographic and economic conditions, religion, and colonial systems of government to the development of American democratic practices.. Describe the geography, cultures, and economics of the Southern, Middle Atlantic, and New England Colonies.. - the Southern Colonies were made up of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia . Ch.4, Sec.3 – The Southern Colonies: Plantations & Slavery. The Plantation Economy . - the South’s fertile soil and almost year-round growing season was ideal to grow cash crops like tobacco, rice, and cotton. Slavery existed in . the United States from the early 17th century until 1865, when . Congress. enacted the . Thirteenth Amendment. shortly after the Union victory over the Confederacy in the . Civil War.