1. Chapter 3 Lessons 2 and 3 The 13 English Colonies EQ 1.Which colonies make up each of the three colonial regions and how are the three regions different? (Use lots of details!)

2. Q1 : New England Colonies New England colonies Included: - New Hampshire - Massachusetts/Maine (part of Mass., counts as one) - Rhode Island - Connecticut Note: New England Colonies are shaded in green on this map!

3. Q2: Pilgrims and the Mayflower Group of pilgrims called Separatists broke ties with Church of England (felt it held onto too many Catholic traditons/practices) Fled to Americas to avoid religious persecution on ship called the Mayflower (landed in Plymouth, Mass.) Signed document called Mayflower Compact Compact established self government and majority rule

5. Written and signed before Pilgrims got off ship Not a constitution, but an agreement to form a crude govt. and submit to majority rule  Signed by 41 adult males Led to adult male settlers meeting in assemblies to make laws in town meetings More Info: The Mayflower Compact: November 11, 1620

6. Plymouth Plantation

7. Winter of 1620-1621  Only 44 out of the original 102 survived None chose to leave in 1621 when Mayflower sailed back Fall of 1621  First “Thanksgiving”  Colony survived with fur [especially beaver], fish, and lumber Plymouth stayed small and economically unimportant  1691  only 7,000 people  Merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony More Info: That First Year…

8. Q3: Religious Freedom Puritans = Wanted to purify Church of England 1630-1640: Puritan families left in great #s for New England colonies Called the Great Migration Over 20,000 made trip across Atlantic Ocean

9. More Info: Characteristics of New England Settlements Low mortality  average life expectancy was 70 years of age Many extended families Average 6 children per family Average age at marriage:  Women – 22 years old  Men – 27 years old.

10. Religion heavily influenced New England colonies Puritans worked with Indians to learn how to survive in new land Led to “New England” way of living (duty, godliness, hard work, honesty) Began fishing and growing wheat and corn mostly for themselves but some of which was shipped back to England Q4: New England Way Of Life

11. Extra Info: Salem Witchcraft Trials New England colonies originally centered on church By late 1600s began to change Several girls from Salem pretended to be bewitched and falsely accused others of witch craft Witch hunts began in 1692, with over 100 people arrested and tried, and 20 found guilty and put to death Ppl took trials as a sign from God to return to strict Puritan lifestyle

12. Q5: Middle Colonies Included: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware *Note: The Middle Colonies are shaded purple on this map.

13. Q5 Cont.: Middle Colonies Middle Colonies located between New England colonies to the north and Southern Colonies to the south

14. Q6: Most Diverse Colony Area Groups who came to the middle colonies included: - Swedes, Dutch, English, Germans, and Africans, and others

15. Q7: The Quakers Another religious group No ministers or Bible, needed “inner light” Treated Native Americans fairly Why they came: Many were whipped, imprisoned, and hanged for their beliefs while in England

16. Extra Info: The Quakers Called Quakers because they “quaked” during intense religious practices.

17. Q8: Living in the Middle Colonies Religious freedom attracted many groups to move to middle colonies Hudson and Delaware rivers supported shipping and commerce River valleys had rich soil and mild winters, great for farming and raising livestock

18. Q9: Southern Colonies: Included: - Maryland - Virginia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Georgia *Note: The Southern Colonies are shaded in red on this map!

19. Q10: Location Factors Bordered by Appalachian mountains to west and Atlantic Ocean to east Largest colonial area Climate and soil good for warm weather crops like tobacco and rice

20. American Long Grain Rice Indigo Tobacco Plant Corn Cash Crops grown by Southern Colonies

21. Extra Info: Late-Coming Georgia Founded in 1733 Last of the 13 colonies Named in honor of King George II Founded by James Oglethorpe

22. Extra Info: Georgia--The “Buffer” Colony Chief Purpose of Creating Georgia:  As a “buffer” between the valuable Carolinas & Spanish Florida & French Louisiana.  Received subsidies from British govt. to offset costs of defense  Export silk and wine  A haven for debtors thrown in to prison Determined to keep slavery out!  Slavery found in GA by 1750.

23. Summary! What did I learn? Write a 4-6 sentence summary answering the EQ’s using details! Remember the EQ’s were: 1.Which colonies make up each colonial area? 1.Describe how each colonial area is different. (Use lots of details!)