Unit 1 Part 8 Review: Characteristics of Colonial Regions Chart

Present Day States New England Massachusetts New Hampshire Middle Colonial Region New England Middle Colonies Southern Present Day States Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

Reasons for Settlement Group(s)/Origin Pilgrims: England Puritans: England English, Dutch, and German Settlers Quakers: England Huguenots: France Cavaliers (noblemen with land grants in Va from the king): England Poor English and Scots-Irish immigrants: England Indentured Servants: England Enslaved persons: Africa Reasons for Settlement Religious Freedom To create a Puritan commonwealth Economic Opportunity Religious Freedom Economic Opportunity Business Venture (Virginia Company of London)

Quakers: Pennsylvania Huguenots: French Protestants Jews: New York Religious Group(s) Puritans Quakers: Pennsylvania Huguenots: French Protestants Jews: New York Presbyterians: New Jersey Anglicans: Church of England

Economy (Products/Commerce) Lumber, shipbuilding, trade, molasses, fur trade, fishing, subsistence farming Later, manufacturing Shipbuilding, small-scale farming, trade (Big cities like New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore grew as seaports and commercial centers) Eastern coastal lowlands: Plantations, Cash Crops based on slave labor: Tobacco, Rice, Indigo Inland mountain and valley areas: subsistence farming, hunting, trading

Used many different democratic principles Government Religion and government were tied together. (theocracy) Practiced direct democracy through town meetings. Set up a “covenant community” with the Mayflower Compact. Used many different democratic principles that reflected the basic rights of Englishmen Representative government Dominated by large landowners (planters) from the Eastern lowlands who played lead roles in representative colonial legislatures

Based on religious standing Puritans were intolerant of dissenters Social Standing Based on religious standing Puritans were intolerant of dissenters Flexible social structure Large middle class built around artisans, Entrepreneurs (business owners), and Small farmers Eastern coastal lowlands: society based on family status and land ownership Inland mountain and valley areas: society made up of subsistence farmers, hunters and traders of Scots-Irish and English descent

Other important information Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams, who was escaping persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts More religiously tolerant First elected assembly in the New World was Virginia’s House of Burgesses. Today it is known as the Virginia General Assembly. It is the longest operating elected assembly in the World. Closer social ties to England