Jumpstart  Find your partner that has the match to your note card – Definition & vocabulary word – Date & significance – Person & significance  Sit with that person  Pre AP: still sit with your partner BUT we will finish teaching in our home groups  OL: get out your packet so we can finish our podcasts

Colonial Regions Environment, Culture, and Migration.

The Three Regions  New England New England  Middle Colonies Middle Colonies  Sou1`thern Colonies Sou1`thern Colonies

New England Geography  Mountainous  Rocky, hard soil – Very Short Growing Season (long cold winters) Bad for farming  Large Forests  Natural Harbors (on the Atlantic Ocean)

New England Religion  Separatists/Pilgrims  Puritans  Strict religious rules  Closed communities – Intolerant of different ideas

ECONOMY  Subsistence Farming – Growing only what you need  Timber and Ship Building  Fishing and Whaling  Manufactured Goods PEOPLE  Puritans and Pilgrims  Merchants, Manufacturers, Fisherman, etc. New England Culture

 Self-Governing Charters  Town Meetings  The Mayflower Compact  The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut New England Government Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island

Middle Colonies Geography  Plenty of waterways – Rivers – Lakes  Warm summers and mild winters  Long growing season  Fertile soil

 Quakers  German Baptists  French Huguenots  Portuguese Jews  Dutch Mennonite (Amish)  Lutherans  Anglicans Middle Colonies Religion

 Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye – Called the “Bread Colonies”  Shipbuilding  Skilled craftsmen  Some trade Middle Colonies Economy

 Proprietary Charters  Religious Freedom and Tolerance  Freedom of the Press  Strong Courts Middle Colonies Government New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware

GEOGRAPHY  Fertile soil  Long growing season and fertile land  Cool winters and hot summers ECONOMY  Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton.  Grew “cash crops” on plantations  Purchase manufactured goods. Southern Colonies Geography & Economy

Southern Colonies Religion  Religious freedom  Mostly Anglican  Most Southern colonies focused on making a profit, not on religion – Maryland: religious freedom for Catholics – Virginia: Jamestown and tobacco – North Carolina: first English attempt at a colony Roanoke – Georgia: founded for debtors and prisoners

Southern Colonies People  Anglicans and Catholics (Maryland)  English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves.

 Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters.  The House of Burgesses  Colonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Company or Proprietors. Southern Colonies Government Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia