1. THE GROWTH OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES

2. THE AMERICAN COLONIES NEW ENGLAND COLONIES MIDDLE COLONIES
Region
Geography
Government & Economy
Religion & Society
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
Coastal areas with good harbors.
Inland areas with dense forests.
Poor rocky soil & short growing season.
Small farms. Lumber mills.
Fishing, Shipbuilding and Trade flourished.
Cities developed along coast.
Most people organized as congregations. (Puritans)
Lived on farms, Merchants controlled trade.
Artisans made goods, unskilled workers and slaves provided labor.
MIDDLE COLONIES
Fertile soil and long growing season.
Rivers ran into backcountry.
Colonies grew large amounts of rye, oats, barley, potatoes & wheat as cash crop.
Cities on coast.
Wealthiest people owned large farms & most business.
Most farmers produced a small surplus.
Tenants farmers rented land or worked for wages.
Religious diversity: Catholic, Quaker, Protestant
SOUTHERN COLONIES
Favorable climate and soil for agriculture.
Wide rivers made cities unnecessary.
Tobacco, rice & indigo grown on large plantations as cash crops.
Wealthy elite controlled most land.
Labor supply: indentured servants & African slaves.
Religion: Anglican

3. Colonies Grow and Develop Differently
There are 13 colonies
They are along the Atlantic coast
They were divided into three groups
New England
Middle
Southern
The ways of life were different

4. Ways of Life
Climate differed
Government & Economy
Religion & Society

5. The New England Colonies
The Puritans and the Pilgrims united and formed the colony of Massachusetts
The colony of Connecticut was founded by Thomas Hooker
Tomas Hooker was a Puritan minister
He believed that the leaders were becoming too powerful in Massachusetts
Rhode Island was found by Roger Williams

6. Life in Colonial England
Most New Englanders were:
Farmers
Trade
Sailing
They used ships called schooners were used to catch cod
They also were known for whaling
They used the whales for oil
Boston was the largest city in the New England colonies

7. Life in Colonial New England
Schooling was very important to New Englanders
They believed that children should be able to read so they can read the Bible
Massachusetts passed a law about public education in 1647
The law said every town with 50 families or more must have a school

8. The Middle Colonies
The middle colonies, unlike the other colonies, had settlers from all different countries:
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Henry Hudson explored the waterway called the Hudson River

9. The Middle Colonies The Dutch built a settlement called New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam then became New York when it was attacked, and eventually taken over, by the English
The English also took New Sweden from the Dutch and called it New Jersey

10. The Middle Colony Of Pennsylvania
William Penn a Quaker founded Pennsylvania
The Quakers had limited rights
They did not belong to the Church of England

11. The Quakers Of Pennsylvania
They were peace loving people
They believed in NO WAR
Penn was given land by King Charles II
Penn said this land would be used as a “FREE COLONY”

12. The Middle Colony Of Pennsylvania
Founded in 1682 by Penn
Became a special place of freedom
People earned a trial by jury
All people had the same rights in Pennsylvania

13. Life in the Middle Colonies
People lived on large farms far apart from each other
Families home schooled their children
The farms produced grains such as corn and wheat
They were known as the “Breadbasket of America”
Beaver fur was common for trade

14. The Southern Colonies Lord Baltimore founded the colony of Maryland
Maryland was the first colony to pass a law granting religious freedom
It was called the Act of Toleration

15. The Southern Colonies Georgia was not a colony of religious freedom
Georgia was used as a refuge for prisoners
The prisoners were poor people who could not afford to pay their debt
Georgia then became a colony where people could work of their debt and gain a new start

16. The Southern Colonies
The Carolinas were discovered and divided in the North and South because of large settlement populations
The settlers came for religious freedom
They came for a chance to prosper

17. Farms and Plantations in the Southern Colonies
The farms produced large plantations of rice, indigo and tobacco
The large plantations were started along rivers on the coast