The Settling Of America By The British THE AMERICAN COLONIES

THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES Massachusetts (Maine) New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts

REASONS FOR COMING TO THE USA. Some people didn’t like the Church of England. They wanted the Church to be more pure. These people were called Puritans. They decided to start a colony in the Northeast part of the USA.

SETTLING IN MASSACHUSETTS John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans. Massachusetts was settled near the great hill in Algonkian. The colony’s first settlement was Boston along the Charles River.

TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION WHY DO YOU THINK THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE ANY OTHER PART OF THE MODERN-DAY UNITED STATES? PREDICT WHAT PROBLEMS THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WOULD HAVE HAD.

COLONIAL LIFE Massachusetts and Connecticut had laws, 50 families = 1 teacher and 1 school. These schools were for writing and reading only.

SCHOOLS Boys went to grammar schools while girls went to dame school. Students learned with slate and chalk. School teachers were strict and were allowed to hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat.

THOMAS HOOKER He left Massachusetts to live in Connecticut because he didn’t like the way the Puritans lived. IN 1639,Connecticut had the FIRST WRITTEN LAWS IN NORTH AMERICA.

ROGER WILLIAMS Roger Williams believed you should tolerate other people’s beliefs in God. He left Massachusetts and started a colony, Providence.

ANNE HUTCHINSON Anne Hutchinson was a woman who believed you could go directly to God so you could pray to God without going through a priest. She moved to Providence with Roger Williams and started the Rhode Island Colony.

MIDDLE COLONIES The Middle colonies included: New York (NY), New Jersey (NJ), Delaware (DE), and Pennsylvania (PA). Picture Credit: NY NJ DE PA

CLIMATE OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES Good farming land (grains) Livestock, rivers and hills. Good Harbors allowed for trade of goods.

GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES People came from Germany, Scotland & Ireland. Quakers (plain living, peaceful, against slavery and dancing) Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch, skilled workers and loved music). Scotch-Irish farmed and hunted.

TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION DO YOU THINK THE MIDDLE COLONIES WERE MORE PEACEFUL THAN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES? EXPLAIN. PREDICT WHY SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE WENT TO THE MIDDLE COLONIES FROM OTHER LANDS.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MIDDLE COLONIES -Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The farmers raised a surplus so they could sell. -Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle & Conestoga wagon.

WILLIAM PENN Developed the Pennsylvania territory and made it a place for religious freedom. Originally was a part of the Quakers when they came to America.

SOUTHERN COLONIES The Southern Colonies included: Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), and Georgia (GA). MD VA NC SC GA

SOUTHERN COLONIES CLIMATE Great soil for growing crops all year long. Coastal plains, swamps, forests, harbors allowed for good trading..

TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THE SOUTHERN COLONIES HAVE OVER OTHER COLONIES OF THE BRITISH IN THE AMERICAS? EXPLAIN WHY SLAVERY WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES AND NOT IN THE OTHER COLONIES OF THE BRITISH IN THE AMERICAS.

PEOPLE GROUPS Maryland was a safe place for Roman Catholics. South Carolina settled by French. Georgia founded by Oglethorpe for new start for debtors in England.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SOUTHERN COLONIES Planters’ duties to see that crops were planted, records kept, took care of everyone. Slavery was necessary for Southern plantation. The cash crop for Virginia was Tobacco.

SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT ON YOUR ½ SHEET: CREATE/FILL IN A TRI-VENN DIAGRAM COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF BRITISH COLONIES IN THE UNITED STATES. USE TEXT SPECIFIC EVIDENCE. EACH PART OF THE TRI-VENN DIAGRAM SHOULD HAVE 4 PHRASES.