What does the term interdepedence mean?

dependence between two or more people, groups, or things dependence between two or more people, groups, or things. Example, how the colonies were able to get things they could not produce/ they trade to get what they needed.

What is the geography and climate of the Southern Colonies?

Geography -Appalachian Mts Geography -Appalachian Mts., -Piedmont, -Atlantic coastal Plain, -good harbors & rivers Climate -Humid -mild winters & hot summers

What did the Southern colonies specialize in?

Tobacco, cotton, indigo, wood products rice

What is the social and civic life of the Southern Colonies?

Counties Social Civic Plantations (slavery), mansions, indentured servants, few cities, few schools Church of England

What did the Southern Colonies get from the New England Colonies?

The Southern colonies depended on the New England colonies for manufactured goods, including tools and equipment

Name the regions and the colonies that are located in them

New England Southern New Hampshire Maryland Massachusetts Virginia Connecticut North Carolina Rhode Island South Carolina Mid-Atlantic Georgia New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania

What are the human and natural resources of the Southern Colonies?

Human Natural -fertile land, -rivers, -harbors farmers enslaved African Americans -rivers, -harbors Indentured servants

What is the social and civic life of the New England Colonies?

Social Civic Village and church as center of life Town Meetings Religious reformers and separatists

What is the geography and climate of the New England colonies?

Geography Climate Appalachian Mountains, Moderate summers, Boston harbor, cold winters hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline

What are the human and natural resources of the New England Colonies?

Human Natural Skilled craftsmen Timber Fish shopkeepers, deep harbors Shipbuilders

What did the New England Colonies specialize in?

Fishing, shipbuilding, industry, Naval supplies

What did the New England Colonies get from the Southern Colonies?

depended on the Southern colonies for raw materials such as cotton, tobacco, & indigo

What did the New England Colonies get from the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?

Middle Colonies for grain and livestock.

Why did the Separatists establish Plymouth?

Plymouth colony was settled by separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious persecution

Who & Why was Massachusetts Bay Colony established?

Puritans wanted to avoid religious persecution

Who & why was settled Pennsylvania?

Quakers wanted to have freedom to practice their faith without interference

Who & Why did the debtors start Georgia?

People who had been in debtor’s prisons in England. They hoped to experience a new life in the colony To experience economic freedom and a new life in the New World.

Why did people settle in the 13 English colonies? (2)

Colonies in North America were established for religious and economic reasons

Why was Roanoke Island established?

Economic venture & nicknamed the “Lost Colony”

Why was Jamestown settled?

Economic venture by the Virginia Company of London in 1607. It is the 1st permanent settlement in the North America

Who settled Plymouth Colony?

separatists from the Church of England

What is the geography and climate of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?

Geography Climate Moderate winters Mild summers Appalachian Mts. Coastal lowlands Mild summers Harbors & bays

What are the natural & human resources of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?

Unskilled and skilled workers rivers Fisherman Human Natural Rich farmland Unskilled and skilled workers rivers Fisherman

What did the Mid-Atlantic colonies specialize in? (3)

Livestock Grain Fish

What is the social and civic life of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?

Social Civic Varied and diverse lifestyles Market Towns Diverse religions

Describe women in colonial America

Worked as caretakers, houseworkers, & homemakers Cannot vote Had few chances for an education

Describe free African Americans in colonial America

-Were able to own land -had more economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their money. -not allowed to vote.

Describe enslaved African Americans in Colonial America

-captured in Africa sold to slave traders, shipped to colonies & sold -captured in Africa sold to slave traders, shipped to colonies & sold. -owned as property for life with no rights. -born into slavery (children are slaves).

Describe artisans in colonial America

-worked as craftsmen in towns & on plantations -worked as craftsmen in towns & on plantations. -lived in small villages & cities.

Describe farmers in colonial America

-worked the land according to the region -worked the land according to the region. -relied on family members for labor.

Describe indentured servants in Colonial America

Consisted of men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies & who agreed to work w/o pay for the person who paid for their passage. Were free at the end of their contract.

Describe large landowners in Colonial America

-lived predominately in the South -lived predominately in the South. -relied on indentured servants &/or slaves for work. -were educated in some cases -had rich culture