2. Thirteen Colonies SS4H3 The student will explain the factors that shaped British colonial America. (a)Compare and Contrast life in New England, Mid Atlantic and Southern Colonies. (b)Describe colonial life in America as experienced by various servants, slaves, and Native Americans. Created by S. Hall

3. Map of States http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics /13mapnew.htm http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics /13mapnew.htm http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colon ies.pdf http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colon ies.pdf

5. Motivation By and large, the people who settled in the New England Colonies wanted to keep their family unit together and practice their own religion. New England Colonies The people who founded the Middle Colonies were looking to practice their own religion (Pennsylvania mainly) or to make money.the Middle Colonies The founders of the Southern Colonies were, for the most part, out to make money but alsoSouthern Colonies for religious practices.

6. Question 1 What was a common motivation for New England Colonists, Mid Atlantic Colonists and Southern Colonists? Money Religion Education

7. Religion The New England colonists were largely Puritans, who led very strict lives.Puritans The Middle colonists were a mixture of religions, including Quakers (led by William Penn), Catholics, Lutherans, Jews, and others.William Penn The Southern colonists had a mixture of religions as well, including Baptists and Anglicans

8. Question 2 Southern Colonists included a mixture of religions but which of the following religions which wide spread? BaptistPuritansCatholic

9. Beliefs The Pilgrims in Massachusetts and the Quakers in Pennsylvania were examples of people who had left England so they could practice the religion they chose. These American colonists also believed that they had a right to govern themselves. More and more, they believed that they shouldn't have to pay so much in taxes to England, especially since they couldn't serve in the English government and have a say on how high or low those taxes were.

10. Education The New England Colonists taught children to read. Only Boys were allowed to go to grammar school and college. Middle Colonists had private schools based on their religion. Girls were not allowed to attend unless they were Quakers. Southern Colonists were taught at home by private tutors. When they became teenagers, they went to college or sent to Europe. Girls were not allowed to go to school.

11. Question 3 What characteristic of education was common across all colonies? Only boys went to school Students had private tutors Boys went to Europe for college

12. Farming New England Colonists contributed fish. Middle Colonists grew wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. Southern Colonies grew several things. The most popular crop was tobacco. The two southernmost states (South Carolina and Georgia) also grew indigo and rice.

13. Question 4 What did New England colonists mostly contribute? corn FishTobacco

14. Question 5 What did Southern colonists mostly contribute? corn FishTobacco

15. Question 6 What did Middle colonists mostly contribute? corn FishTobacco

16. Parks In colonial America, the park was more commonly called the common. These areas were found especially in the New England colonies. Boston still has its common. Boston Common 1848

17. Question 7 A common is similar to a _____________. Park Farm Church

18. Food There were not supermarkets like we have today. People who lived on the Atlantic coast often caught fish and whales. They might have apple trees and rows of corn and wheat. They might turn that corn into cornbread or cornmeal mush. They might turn that wheat into flour themselves and use it to bake bread. They might also hunt wild animals, like deer, rabbits, and turkeys.

19. Question 8 Which type of animal did colonists NOT hunt for food? Elephant Turkey Deer

20. Economy The New England Colonies were largely farming and fishing communities. The Middle Colonies were part agriculture, part industrial. The Southern Colonies were almost entirely agricultural.

21. Question 9 New England colonies were largely farming and _____________ communities. AgriculturalIndustrialFishing

22. Question 10 Middle colonies were part agricultural and part _____________. AgriculturalIndustrialFishing

23. Question 11 Southern colonies were almost entirely _____________ communities. AgriculturalIndustrialFishing

24. Activities Use the clipart on the next slides and allow the students to create a chart/poster of New England Colonists, Middle Colonists, and Southern Colonists. Create Venn Diagram to compare the different characteristics for religion, food, education, farming, economy etc. Let students use clipart and cut/paste or velcro on charts.

25. Industrial

26. Education Corn Church

27. Wheat Tobacco Agricultural Deer Turkey Farm

28. Barley

29. Wild Animals Fox Quail Squirrel Rabbit Ducks

30. New England ColoniesMid-Atlantic ( Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Motivation

31. New England ColoniesMid-Atlantic ( Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Religion

32. New England ColoniesMid-Atlantic ( Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Education

33. New England ColoniesMid-Atlantic ( Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Farming

34. New England ColoniesMid-Atlantic ( Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Food

35. New England ColoniesMid-Atlantic ( Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Economy

36. Other Activities Daily Life in the Colonies Colonial Clothing 13 Colonies Activities and Maps There are several videos on United Streaming and search for 13 coloniesUnited Streaming