1. The American Revolution
Introduction to American Society

2. British Colonies

3. Regions of the USA

4. New England Area

6. New England Colonies Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island
New Hampshire

7. Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania

8. John Smith -Made the first map of New England’s coast
-Made Jamestown, the first British colony, 1607

9. Pilgrims (also called “Puritans”)
Separated from the Church of England
Most of them left England to start new life in North America
Made Plymouth Colony (1620) and Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628)
20,000 people came from England

10. Puritans Impact on culture:
First were friendly with Native Americans (Thanksgiving)
Then had wars with Native Americans because colonists wanted Native American lands (expansion)
Believed education was important (first public education was in Boston, Massachusetts)

11. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia

12. Triangular Trade
England and other European countries sent goods like cloth and guns to trade in Africa
African colonies traded slaves to European colonies
Slaves went to American and Caribbean colonies
Ships then took sugar, rum, and tobacco from the Americas back to Europe

13. Slaves in America Brought on slave ships
Worked on plantations (big farms)
Many slaves needed for sugar and tobacco plantations
Later worked in the Southern states to pick cotton

14. Southern colonies
Different religions, but many people from the Church of England
Loyal to England
Used slaves in agriculture
People who owned plantations and slaves were very rich

16. Patriots vs. Loyalists Patriots – wanted new country and independence
Loyalists – loyal to England, wanted to stay with king
Wanted representation in government
Wanted freedom if England didn’t give representation
Made new government and created the Declaration of Independence
Won the war
Thought life was better under British rule
Business interests in England
Afraid of British army
Many returned to England after England lost the war

17. Why did the American colonists win?
England didn’t have money because they had just fought a war with the French in North America (Canada) in 1763
France, Spain, and the Netherlands helped give money and weapons to the American colonists
The British Army made bad decisions
British make peace in Treaty of Paris (1783)

18. 13 Colonies became the United States in 1776
Original flag had 13 stars – why?