The Settling Of America By The British

THE AMERICAN COLONIES

THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

Massachusetts (Maine)

New Hampshire

Rhode IslandConnecticut

Massachusetts

REASONS FOR COMING TO THE USA.

• Some people didn’t like the Church of England.

• They wanted the Church to be more pure. These people were called Puritans.

• They decided to start a colony in the Northeast part of the USA.

SETTLING IN MASSACHUSETTS

• John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans.

• Massachusetts was settled near the great hill in Algonkian.

• The colony’s first settlement was Boston along the Charles River.

TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION

• WHY DO YOU THINK THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE ANY OTHER PART OF THE MODERN-DAY UNITED STATES?

• PREDICT WHAT PROBLEMS THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WOULD HAVE HAD.

COLONIAL LIFE• Massachusetts and

Connecticut had laws, 50 families = 1 teacher and 1 school.

• These schools were for writing and reading only.

SCHOOLS

• Boys went to grammar schools while girls went to dame school.

• Students learned with slate and chalk.

• School teachers were strict and were allowed to hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat.

THOMAS HOOKER

• He left Massachusetts to live in Connecticut because he didn’t like the way the Puritans lived.

• IN 1639,Connecticut had the FIRST WRITTEN LAWS IN NORTH AMERICA.

ROGER WILLIAMS

• Roger Williams believed you should tolerate other people’s beliefs in God.

• He left Massachusetts and started a colony, Providence.

ANNE HUTCHINSON

• Anne Hutchinson was a woman who believed you could go directly to God so you could pray to God without going through a priest.

• She moved to Providence with Roger Williams and started the Rhode Island Colony.

MIDDLE COLONIES

The Middle colonies included:

New York (NY) , New Jersey (NJ) , Delaware (DE), and Pennsylvania (PA).

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NY

NJ

DE

PA

CLIMATE OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES

• Good farming land (grains) Livestock, rivers and hills.

• Good Harbors allowed for trade of goods.

GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES

• People came from Germany, Scotland & Ireland.

Quakers (plain living,

peaceful, against slavery and dancing)

Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch, skilled workers and loved music).

Scotch-Irish farmed and hunted.

TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION

• DO YOU THINK THE MIDDLE COLONIES WERE MORE PEACEFUL THAN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES? EXPLAIN.

• PREDICT WHY SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE WENT TO THE MIDDLE COLONIES FROM OTHER LANDS.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MIDDLE COLONIES

• -Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The farmers raised a surplus so they could sell.

• -Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle & Conestoga wagon.

WILLIAM PENN

• Developed the Pennsylvania territory and made it a place for religious freedom.

• Originally was a part of the Quakers when they came to America.

SOUTHERN COLONIES

• The Southern Colonies included: Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), and Georgia (GA).

MD

VA

NC

SC

GA

SOUTHERN COLONIES CLIMATE

• Great soil for growing crops all year long.

• Coastal plains, swamps, forests, harbors allowed for good trading..

TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION

• WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THE SOUTHERN COLONIES HAVE OVER OTHER COLONIES OF THE BRITISH IN THE AMERICAS?

• EXPLAIN WHY SLAVERY WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES AND NOT IN THE OTHER COLONIES OF THE BRITISH IN THE AMERICAS.

PEOPLE GROUPS

• Maryland was a safe place for Roman Catholics.

• South Carolina settled by French.

• Georgia founded by Oglethorpe for new start for debtors in England.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SOUTHERN COLONIES

• Planters’ duties to see that crops were planted, records kept, took care of everyone.

• Slavery was necessary for Southern plantation.

• The cash crop for Virginia was Tobacco.

SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT

• ON YOUR ½ SHEET:

• CREATE/FILL IN A TRI-VENN DIAGRAM COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF BRITISH COLONIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

• USE TEXT SPECIFIC EVIDENCE.

• EACH PART OF THE TRI-VENN DIAGRAM SHOULD HAVE 4 PHRASES.