13 english colonies warm up: compare and contrast the reasons for settlement of jamestown and...
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13 English ColoniesWarm Up:
Compare and contrast the reasons for settlement of Jamestown and Plymouth
Notebook▪ #1 Notebook Title Page
▪ #2 Cornell Notes
▪ #3 Why History
▪ #4 Unit One Title Page
▪ #5 Unit One Warm ups
▪ #6 Prehistoric Cultures Book Notes
▪ #7 Native American Map
▪ #8 European Impact on the New World
▪ #9 Colonies Map
▪ #10 Important People of the New World
▪ #11 Early English Colonies
▪ #12 Salem Witch Trails Video Notes
▪ #13 Thirteen Colonies Map
▪ #14Thirteen Colonies Notes
The Thirteen Colonies
New England Middle Southern
MassachusettsNew HampshireConnecticutRhode Island
New YorkPennsylvaniaNew JerseyDelaware
MarylandVirginiaNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaGeorgia
Colonial Regions
Climate Resources Social Class
NE Long winter, short growing season
Rocky soil, good fishing grounds
Middle class
Middle Short winters Larger farms, cash crops of grain
Poor, middle class
Southern Warm, year-round growing season
Plantation, limited cash crops
Rich noble families, poor, indentured servants
What shaped us?
▪ Space – We had bunches of it.
▪ Wilderness – Not in Europe. Allowed us to have a different mind set of how to live.
▪ Newness – No history, no stuffy traditions that have to be followed.
▪ Isolation – We were far away from Europe.
13 English Colonies continuedDue: Map and Colonies ?
Warm Up:
Describe the differences between the different regions of the colonies.
ColoniesColonies Massachusetts, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island & New Rhode Island & New
HampshireHampshire
Religion Puritans wanted to purify the church. Separatists (Pilgrims) wanted to move away.
Industries Fishing, whaling, lumber, fur
Agriculture Subsistence farming
Society Began as church run and evolved into a gov. run. Lots of religion.
Map Activity
▪ Label the 13 colonies.
▪ Color the middle colonies one color, New England colonies a different color, and southern colonies another color.
A. Charles II and New Colonization
1. Proprietary Colonies– Charles II owed people
favors for helping him during a civil war
– Starts Proprietary Colonies: grants of land to loyal friends
– They would own the land and control the Colonial Government
B. Middle Colonies
1. New York (1674)– Charles II gives the land to his
brother– Land was already claimed by
the Dutch (New Netherlands)– NN becomes NY after English
take it– No Representative Government
2. New Jersey
– Was part of NY
– Charles II’s brother, James, gives it to loyal friends
– No Representative Government
3. Pennsylvania (1682)
– Quakers settle in Penn– Believed in tolerance and
equality– Set up a colony that
tolerated various religious beliefs
– Amish, Mennonites, and French Protestants came
– William Penn was the sole ruler until 1701, when he sets up a representative government
4. Delaware
–1638: small colony of Swedes settle there–Later the colony was seized by England.–William Penn becomes the proprietor of an area along the Delaware River and bay.–Later became the colony of Delaware.
ColoniesColonies New York, New Jersey, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and PennsylvaniaDelaware, and Pennsylvania
Religion Mostly Protestant (Germany) and Quakers in Penn.
Industries Harbors and rivers used for shipping. Cattle and pigs. Mills for grinding grain.Agriculture Mostly grain – Wheat, barley and rye.Society Very tolerant. Leading city was
Philadelphia. (Paved streets, fire department, library . . .)
C. Southern Colonies
1. Maryland (1632)– Set up as a haven
for English Catholics being persecuted
– Many Protestants came too, leading to clashes
– 1649: Toleration Act is passed to protect the rights of all Christians to practice their religions
2. Carolinas
– To attract settlers:▪ Representative Government▪ Religious Toleration
– Hoped to bring more people to the colony– Southern Carolina: large land owners and
slave labor– Northern Carolina: small farmers not
dependent on slave labor– 1729: King makes them 2 separate colonies,
NC and SC
3. Georgia
– Started as a “buffer colony” between Spanish Florida and South Carolina
– Debtors and poor crafts people were sent there
– Trustees first controlled the colony
– Set strict rules on land ownership, slavery, and personal behavior
ColoniesColonies Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina,
S. Carolina, & S. Carolina, & GeorgiaGeorgia
Religion Protestant No particular one.
Industries No real industries.
Agriculture Cash crops on plantations. Rice, tobacco, indigo, cotton. Once the nutrients were gone, move to a
new field.
Society Plantations set up classes. Slaves at the bottom and large plantation owners at the top.