3 Colonial Regions3 Colonial Regions

New England ColoniesNew England Colonies

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

• New Hampshire

Middle Colonies

• New York

• New Jersey

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

Southern ColoniesSouthern Colonies

• Maryland (socially a middle colony)

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Georgia (prison colony)

Economic Economic CharacteristicsCharacteristics

Reflected the geography of the region

New EnglandNew England

• Shipbuilding & Fishing

• Subsistence Farming

• Lumbering

• Eventually Manufacturing

Middle ColoniesMiddle Colonies

• Trading

• Small Farming

• Trade centers: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia

• Fishing, lumbering

Southern ColoniesSouthern Colonies

• Plantation Farming – Cash crops

• Tobacco, Rice and Indigo

• Mountains – hunting and trading

Social CharacteristicsSocial Characteristics

Reflected their connection to England

New England ColoniesNew England Colonies

• Society was based on religious standing

• No Religious Freedom (Puritan dominance)

• Intolerant of dissenters

Middle ColoniesMiddle Colonies

• Religious Freedom

• Quakers in PA, Catholics in MD

• Middle class of small farmers, entrepreneurs, artisans

Southern ColoniesSouthern Colonies

• Based on family status and land ownership

• Allegiance to Church of England

• Mountains: Scottish and Irish hunters

Types of charters

• Joint stock – corporate colonies were organized by a joint stock company for the benefit of the shareholders.

• Royal – a governor serves as its’ chief official with a colonial assembly approving laws before they go into effect.

• Proprietary – granted to a proprietor (owner) by the king. Could be a person or group of persons.

• Self Governing – independent of king or corporation.

13 Colonies Group WorkI will help divide the class into groups.Each group will share one of the old textbooks pages 76-77

Each group will answer the following questions about their groups.1.What year was this colony founded?2.Who founded the colony?3.Why was the colony founded?4.What type of economy?5.What type of government?6.Who settled there? (see page 77)

The groups we will concentrate on are: Massachusetts Plymouth/ Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire/Exeter, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, North/South Carolina, Georgia.

Each small group will answer all questions.

I will review proper answers with the class.