1. Life in the Colonies

2. New England Colonies Massachusetts New Hampshire Pilgrims Puritans
Religious Freedom
New Hampshire
People needed more space

3. New England Colonies Rhode Island Connecticut
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchison
Religious freedom
Thomas Hooker
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

4. New England Colonies Climate/Geography Economic Resources
Long, cold winters
Rocky soil
Short growing season
Their climate and geography did not support large-scale agriculture
Furs
Timber/Lumber
Fishing
Ship building
Few slaves-mostly indentured servants
Relied heavily on trade
Fill our the climate/geography and the economic resource boxes in your journal.

5. Middle (or Mid-Atlantic) Colonies

6. Middle (or Mid-Atlantic) Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Taken from Holland and named after the Duke of York
Given to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley by the Duke of York

7. Middle (or Mid-Atlantic) Colonies
Pennsylvania
Delaware
William Penn
Founded for the Quakers
Granted an assembly by Penn

8. Middle (or Mid-Atlantic) Colonies
Maryland
Founded by Lord Baltimore for the Catholics

9. Middle (or Mid-Atlantic) Colonies
Climate/Geography
Economic Resources
Longer growing season than the New England colonies
Warm and humid
Fertile soil
Known as the “Bread Basket colonies” for their ability to grow wheat
Timber and lumber-caused a loss of ancient forests

10. Southern Colonies Virginia North Carolina
Founded in 1607 for economic reasons (Jamestown)
Founded by Virginia settlers looking for farmland

11. Southern Colonies South Carolina Georgia Founded for the farmland
Founded by James Oglethorpe for social reasons-to provide refuge for debtors

12. Southern Colonies Climate/Geography Economic Resources Warm and wet
Nearly year-round growing season
Fertile, rich soil
Flat, low land
Plantations played a key role in their economy
Cash crops were rice, tobacco, and indigo
The end of indentured servants led to an increased demand for slavery

13. Mr. Betts

15. Economic Mercantilism
For a while, England controlled all trade in the colonies. The government in England decided what colonists would be paid for the goods they grew or made, and England decided where goods would be shipped. England also decided what goods were shipped to the colonies and how much those goods would cost when they got there. The colonists had no say.
The government in England benefited greatly. Merchants and farmers in the colonies did not.

16. Economic Triangular Trade

17. Economic Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was the leg of the Atlantic slave trade that transported people from Africa to North America, South America and the Caribbean. It was called the Middle Passage as the slave trade was a form of Triangular trade.

18. The Great Awakening
A religious revival in the mid 1700s that led to people fearing for their salvation
Began in New England
Jonathan Edwards
Warned people against ignoring religion and its teachings and compared people's situation to a spider hanging by a thread over a hot fire.
George Whitefield
Famous for his loud, fiery sermons
In a way, the Great Awakening paved the way for the American Revolution. The "awakening" of more and more people to the teachings of various churches resulted in more people's being exposed to the idea that all people were equal under God. And if people were treated the same by God, then those same people could certainly be treated equally by their government.

19. John Locke The Law of Nature Consent of the majority
We are born with natural rights that the government should protect
Consent of the majority