1. Colonial Fair
A Tour of the
13 Colonies

3. New England Colonies Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode island
New Hampshire

5. Climate and Geography Long cold winters Short growing season
Rocky Soil with Forest
Coastline had many natural harbors

6. Thomas Hooker created as a Religious Colony Rhode Island
Connecticut
Thomas Hooker created as a Religious Colony
Rhode Island
Roger Williams created it for religious freedom
Founders’ Purpose/Reason
Massachusetts
Created as a Religious colony for Pilgrims and Puritans
Roger Williams

7. Economy
Shipbuilding
Fishing and Whaling
Furs
Timber

8. Religion
Life centered around Puritan religious worship and the church “New England Way”

9. Church’s were the
most important buildings in New England…held town hall meetings and governments

10. New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New jersey
Middle Colonies

12. Climate and Geography fertile land forested
hot humid summers, cold winters

13. Founders-Reasons New York: Pennsylvania:
Dutch (Peter “peg leg” Stuyvesant) created (New Amsterdam) for Economic wealth. Later taken by England by force and renamed New York
William Penn
Pennsylvania:
William Penn / religious refuge for Quakers

14. Trade / Business
Lumber, Iron, Farming
Economy

15. Because of large amount of grain production, the Middle Colonies were collectively known as the…
Breadbasket Colonies

16. Religion “Holy Experiment” -- religious toleration in Penn.
Open to various faiths and religions

17. Southern Colonies Virginia Maryland North carolina South carolina
georgia
Southern Colonies

19. Climate and Geography Southern Colonies Fertile land
long growing season
mild winters/ hot summers
Climate and Geography

20. The Carolina’s and Virginia
Proprietors: set up for economic gain
Georgia
Created by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors (social reasons)
Founders- Purpose/Reasons
Maryland
Lord Baltimore set up as a refuge for Catholics

21. Cash crops: tobacco , indigo , rice and cotton
Economy

22. Plantation System played a key role in the southern economy
Plantation System played a key role in the southern economy. They used slaves as cheap source of labor
Economy

23. Religion Maryland Catholics settled in Maryland Southern Colonies
state-established Church of England and stayed loyal to British

25. 13 English Colonies