13 colonies: early america do now: complete the map of the 13 colonies without your textbook or...
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13 Colonies: Early America Do Now: Complete the map of
the 13 colonies without your textbook or planner.
When finished answer the following question:
-Why did groups of people like the Pilgrims come to America?
Agenda
Do Now Go over HW Notes Closure
Essex Ag. Tech High School - U.S. I
New England Colonies
•Rhode Island•Connecticut•Massachusetts•New Hampshire
The New England Colonies
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New England
• Climate and Physical Features–Rocky Soils–Short farming season–Bad farming conditions–Great harbors for port
• Cities like Boston
New England (Pros)
• Economic Advantage–Commercial businesses ($$$)
• Fishing• Shipping • Manufacturing (Lumber)• Shipbuilding• Factories (Textiles)
New England
• Why colonies were started?– Religious freedom– Pilgrims, Puritans fled England for
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Colony: Founded in 1630Rhode Island & Connecticut: Founded in 1636New Hampshire: Founded in 1638.
Middle Colonies
•Delaware•Pennsylvania•New York•New Jersey
The Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Middle Colonies• Climate and Physical Features
–Good Soil for grain and cattle–Longer growing seasons than New
England–Ok Harbors
Middle Colonies
• Economic Advantage–Known as the “Breadbasket”
• Grew crops like wheat, corn and potatoes.
–Provided food for other colonies–Some shipping and manufacturing
Middle Colonies
• Why colonies were started–Religious Freedom (Quakers like William
Penn at Philadelphia).–Attracted many immigrants
• Make money through trade (New York and New Jersey)
Southern Colonies
• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia
Southern Colonies
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Southern Colonies
• Climate and Physical Features–Great Soil–Warm Weather/climate–Very long growing seasons–Bad harbors
Southern Colonies
• Economic Advantage–Focused on farming cash crops–Large plantation farms for tobacco,
cotton, and indigo–Almost no shipping
Southern Colonies
• Why colonies were started–Almost all were started to make money
by growing cash crops–Maryland was started for religious
freedom–Georgia (not founded until 1732)
• A place for criminals/ debtors
The Development of Democratic Ideas
How were they controlled?What advantages did settlers have?What disadvantages did settlers have?
Magna Carta-1215• 1st document to
limit power of English rulers– Kings and queens
must obey the law too!
• Major step toward constitutional government
• Where? - England
Colonial Government – 1600s
• The governor of colony represented King
• Colonists voted for members of a legislature (assembly)
Mayflower Compact - 1620
• 1st document to establish self-government, popular sovereignty and rule of law in the colonies
• Where? New England Colonies
(Massachusetts Bay Colony)
The Navigation Acts
• Idea that the colonies exist as a market for their home-country. (Supplier of goods and materials)
• All trade with other nations needs to go through the home-country.
• Series of Navigation Acts began in 1651 • All trade had to be on English or colonial ships• Products like (tobacco, sugar, indigo, cotton, etc.) could
be shipped only to England or another English colony• Certain English-made goods (gunpowder, silk) were
subsidized to undercut European competitors
Closure:What similarities can we draw?
• Why did the Colonies begin?
• How is this the same or different from today?
Reasons why the colonies began
• God – Religious Freedoms• The Puritans and the Pilgrims fled from
England to the colonies• Glory – Wanted the fame of starting a new
country• Gold – People could make lots of money in
the colonies especially on plantations