GQ: What were the distinguishing characteristics of the 13 colonies?• begin to answethe GQ.keyword- New Englando note at least 3 bullet points.

• Massachusetts is 2nd English colony established (after Virginia)

• Pilgrims, heading for Virginia, land here instead

• begin to answethe GQ. Try to note at least 3 bullet points.

• Massachusetts is 2nd English colony established (after Virginia)

• Pilgrims, heading for Virginia, land here• 10 years later, more

Puritans arrive• theocracy = Church

is the government • begin to answethe GQ. Try to note at least 3 bullet points.

• New Hampshire is established soon after,and begins to attract those unhappy withstrict Puritan rule

• begin to answethe GQ. Try to note at least 3 bullet points.

• New Hampshire is established soon after,and begins to attract those unhappy withstrict Puritan rule

• Rhode Island foundedspecifically forreligious freedom

• Haven for pirates• begin to answethe GQ. Try to note at least 3 bullet points.

• New Hampshire is established soon after,and begins to attract those unhappy withstrict Puritan rule

• Rhode Island foundedspecifically forreligious freedom

• Not very nice to the natives

• Big player in the slave trade

• Big player in the slave trade

• Connecticut is founded for a more representative government

• Their “Fundamental Orders” is the firstwritten Constitution

• begin to answethe GQ. Try to note at least 3 bullet points.

GQ: What were the distinguishing characteristics of the 13 coloniekeyword- Middle Coloniesbullet points.

• New Amsterdam (Dutch colony) founded around same time as Massachusetts

• Taken over by English in 1664, renamedNew York

• Run by anEnglish noble,who gave the south part awayto some friends(New Jersey)

• New Amsterdam (Dutch colony) founded around same time as Massachusetts

• Taken over by English in 1664, renamedNew York

• New Jerseyattracts a large Quakerpopulation

• Big on farming& ironworks

• Pennsylvania founded by a Quaker• Advertised religious freedom

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BUT…these are not the place for Jacob Berkeleybecause they were places with connectionsto the Dutch West India Company!!

BOTH THESE AREAS

ONCE BELONGED TO

THE DUTCH

keyword- Southern Colonieso note at least 3

• Virginia was the firstEnglish colony, estd.at Jamestown, 1607

• Originally a businessventure, but soon attracts many Puritans

• Maryland foundedby an English nobleas a Catholic refuge(but open to all)

• When king takes moreinterest in Virginia,declaring it Anglican,Puritans move toMaryland

• Tobacco is a cash crop, grownprimarily in Virginiaand North Carolina

cash crop = something grown to make money, not to eat

• Indigo (used as a dye)is another cash crop, grown primarily in South Carolina andGeorgia

• Carolina was a royal colony, so --like at home in England–Anglican was theofficial religion

• In North Carolina, the Anglican Churchgrew very slowly,allowing others likethe Quakers to becomeestablished there

• Carolina was a royal colony, so --like at home in England–Anglican was theofficial religion

• South Carolina’scharter* promisedreligious freedom,but everyone wastaxed to supportthe Anglican Church

*charter = official paper saying king grants this land to the colonists

• Used on plantations, especially in Virginiaand the Carolinas

• Receive free passage to new world in exchangefor 5-7 years hard labor; at end, receive small plot of land

• First Africans in colonies were indentured servants• Led to start of slavery

Indentured Servants

• Georgia was thelast colony founded

• Was supposed to befor imprisoned debtorsbut not many came

• Founder wanted acolony with-small farms-no slavery-religious freedom-harmony with Native Americans

• It didn’t work!Georgia eventuallybecame a place with big plantations andslavery, just likethe Carolinas andVirginia