1. English Colonies

2. The Thirteen Colonies:
New England
(North)
Middle
South
Maryland (MD)
Virginia (VA)
North Carolina (NC)
South Carolina (SC)
Georgia (GA)
Colonies:
Massachusetts (MA)
Connecticut (CT)
Rhode Island (RI)
New Hampshire (NH)
New York (NY)
New Jersey (NJ)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Delaware (DE)

3. New England Middle South
Education:
public education law
schooling not as common as New England
private tutors for wealthy children only
Religion:
Puritan (work ethic)
diverse, tolerant
Church of England
Climate:
long cold winters; short growing season
mild;
longer growing season
hot, rainy;
long growing season
Puritans – cared about schooling, founded a new college called Harvard in 1636 (first teacher beath his students, fed them spoiled meat, ran off with college money). ‘cuz of their religion, they weren’t allowed to attend college in England. So history of wanting education. Puritans are now extinct
William Penn – born very wealthy, dad was friend of King Charles II. Penn became a radical, hated, outcast group called the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. King Charles II liked him until Penn came before the king and refused to take off his hat (quakers only defer to God). King Charles borrowed mney from Penn’s died and when William asked that the debt be paid with land in America, he was given a large chunk. King Charels named it Pennsylvania, which mean’s Penn’s woods. Quakers were among first to object to slavery because they believed in treating all people as equals and respecting all religions.
The Caroinas were given to 8 lords by King Charles II. These 8 people wanted the land just to make money and sent people there to farm. North Carolina did not have good land for large farms, so only people that came there were small farmers. They tended to be outcasts and people that the king didn’t like. Pirates started calling this colony home and as a result, it was one of the first colonies to rebel against the king.
Geography:
rocky soil
fertile land
very rich soil

4. New England Middle South
Economy:
small farms - crops for survival (subsistence)
(blend of New England and South)
trade
food surpluses
large plantations
diverse economy:
fishing
shipbuilding
fur trade
merchants
craftspeople
staple crops:
wheat
barley
oats
cash crops:
tobacco
rice
indigo
(labor)
apprentices
little need for slavery
indentured servants (immigrants)
relied heavily on slavery
slaves - worked as skilled laborers on farms, in cities

5. Trade that developed among colonies/West Indies, England, and Africa
Triangular Trade
Trade that developed among colonies/West Indies, England, and Africa
sugar/molasses,
rum/manufactured
goods, slaves
Sugar and molasses to Europe, rum to Africa (along with manufactured goods), slaves to the Americas

7. Slave Trade Map