Colonial Periods

New England

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

New England Colonies :

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

New England

• Geographic and Climate :

Rocky soil / landscape

Long winter, short summer

Short growing season

Many trees

Good seaports

New England

• Economic :

Lumber for shipbuilding industry

Lots of cod for fishing industry

Trading

(triangular trade

route)

Whaling

New England

• Education

Harvard College (1636) in Cambridge

Massachusetts

College School of Connecticut (Yale

College)

Ye olde deluder satan constutions (1647)

New England

MassachusettsFounded by

John Wintrop: Puritan(Massachusetts Bay Colony)

William Bradford: Pilgrims (Plymouth)

Reason move :

Seeking freedom to practice their religion ; Pilgrims

and Puritans.

Politics, Colonial

Religion affect the government.

They made rules and law for themselves.

Puritans make “Mayflower Company”

New England

Connecticut Founded by Thomas Hooker

Reason move :

-Dissatisfied in Massachusetts because he believe “more

power should be in the hand of more people” (religious).

-Political view

Politics

Hooker wrote “fundamental order” :

• All men who owned land (even if they

weren’t Puritans) could vote.

• Limited the power of governor.

.

New England

New Hampshire (Northern) Settler from Massachusetts.

Reason move :

-Seeking for new economic opportunity.

-Indentured servants earning their freedom

dues.

Politics

Hooker’s political view.

New England

Rhode Island Founded by Roger Williams in 1636.

Reason move :

-Religious

-Political freedom

New England

Rhode Island PoliticsSome people who disliked with Puritan’s

leader. Include Roger Williams, and Anne Hutchinson was

banished because she taught men about religion.

Roger Williams Belief :

1. Williams argued the Puritan Church had too much

power. The church and the government should be

separated.

2. Should create order and peace in society but shouldn’t

promote one particular religion.

3. Religious toleration in Puritans Massachusetts, non-

Puritans were not allowed to worship freely.

The Middle Colonies

• New York

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

The Middle Colonies

• Geographic and Climate :

- Growing season was much longer.

- Had access to wildlife for haunted animals

and trapped.

The Middle Colonies

• Economic :

- Trade

- Farming

- Hunting

- Handicraft industry

The Middle Colonies

• Education

• 1683 : taught reading, writing, ancounting school.

• More advance in classical language, historical and

literature at Friends Public School until now.

• In Philadelphia, many private school which not relation

with religion.

• William Penn build Charter School which is free.

• Night school for adults.

• the woman only school in home, just reading.

• Pennsylvania have two scientist ;

James Logan

Benjamin Franklin

The Middle Colonies

New York• Founded by Henry Hudson, (English man, but sailor in

Dutch).

• Reason :

- Religious freedom.

- Economic opportunities.

New York same as America which have

many language, because there were many groups like,

Catholic French, Protestants, and Jews were allowed to

buy land.

Politics :

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The Middle Colonies

New York• New Amsterdam Becomes New York

The English was jealous with successful

trading of Dutch. English send warships into the

harbor. King Charles II of England gained

control of the Dutch colony of New Netherlands

by invading the city of new Amsterdam while at

war with the Dutch, passed control of New

Netherland into his brother James the Duke of

York. In 1664 he renamed the colony “New

York”

The Middle Colonies

New Jersey• The Duke of York James II gifted a

portion to two of his friends :

- Lord John Berkeley

- Sir George Carteret

• Reason :

- Religious freedom

- Economic opportunity

The Middle Colonies

Pennsylvania• Founded by William Penn ( a Quaker)

• Reason :

- William was friend of King Charles II (Gets to help his

friend)

- Religious and political freedom for Quaker.

• Quaker : were a branch of Christianity which valued

spiritual communication with God.

• Holy Experiment

“Penn wanted the place to be place where Quakers

Protestans, Catholics, and Jews could escape religious

persecution.

The Middle Colonies

Delaware

• The frame of

government of

Pennsylvania

(lower country)

• Reason :

- Swedish settler Economic opportunity.

The Southern Colonies

• Virginia

• Maryland

• The Carolinas :

- North Carolina

- South Carolina

• Georgia

The Southern Colonies

• Geographic and Climate

Fertile soil

Great for farming

Long hot summer

Mild winter

The Southern Colonies

• Economy :

grew

Sold tobacco, rice, and cotton

The Southern Colonies

Virginia • Founded by John Smith

• Reason :

- Searching for gold

- Tobacco economy success (economy

opportunity)

• Politic :- Only men who owned property were allowed to vote

- Anglican Church became official church

- People not Anglican leave the colony

The Southern Colonies

Maryland• Founded by Sir George

Alvert / Lord Baltimore

• Reason :

- Religious

- Political freedom for Catholics

• Politics :

- The Toleration Act

The Southern Colonies

the CarolinasFound by the group of eight nobles.

• Reason :

- economic opportunities

North Carolina

South Carolina

The Southern Colonies

Georgia• Found by James Oglethorpe

• Reasons :

- for debtors from England

- a defensive buffer

• Politic :

- People want slavery to become legal.

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