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 ID: 510674
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Thirteen ColoniesSlide2
New England Colonies
1. Massachusetts 1620
2. Connecticut 1635
3. Rhode Island 16364. New Hampshire 1638 Slide3Slide4
Reasons settled
1. Religious freedom
2. TradeSlide5
Climate
Bitter cold winters
Short growing seasonsSlide6
Soil
Hard, rocky soil
Subsistence Farming: farmers can barely grow enough crops to feed their families.Slide7
Major Products to make $
1.Industry
2. Shipbuilding
3. Fishing/WhalingSlide8
Famous People/Events
Pilgrims
William Bradford
ThanksgivingPuritans wanted to change from the Church of EnglandSlide9Slide10
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 1692Slide11
Middle Colonies
1. New York 1620
2.Delaware 1628
3. New Jersey 16384. Pennsylvania 1682Slide12
Reasons settled
1. Business profit & trade
2. Religious reasonsSlide13
Climate
Cold winters
Average growing seasonsSlide14
Soil
Rocky coastline but some rolling green hillsSlide15
Major products
Small farms
Grain, cattleSlide16
Famous People/Events
*William Penn (Pennsylvania) established the Quaker religion based on toleration and abolishing slaverySlide17
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. 1
st
diverse colony in New World Slide18Slide19
Southern Colonies
1. Virginia 1607 Jamestown
2. Maryland 1634
3/4. North/South Carolina 1660-16705. Georgia 1753 Slide20
Reasons settled
Mercantilism a country’s power depends on its wealth; profit from trade
Georgia founded as
a colony for debtorsSlide21
Climate
warm, damp, humid weather
long growing seasonSlide22
Soil
moist, rich soilSlide23
Major products
Tobacco (1
st
cash crop)Lumber, riceAgricultural Society (farming)slavesSlide24
Famous People
James Oglethorpe established Georgia as a place for debtors and prisonersSlide25
Details
Jamestown survived because of tobacco and the arrival of women. Originally all male colony searching for gold
House of Burgesses 1
st representative form of government in New World.Slaves 1
st
brought to America to work tobacco plantations in southern colonies.
Triangular Trade RouteSlide26