1. Ch. 3 The English Colonies
Cash Crops- crops like tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit.
Assembly- an elected group of lawmakers
Democratic- ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws.
Puritans- People who wanted to purify the Church of England, its ceremonies and its ranks of authority.

2. Regions New England Colonies Massachusetts / Maine Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire

3. Middle Colonies New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
Regions
Middle Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

4. Regions Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

5. GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONIES
Charter- a doc. From the king saying what the boundaries were and how it should be governed
Colonies made own laws to keep peace and order
Assembly- people were elected to it, to make laws
Governor- appointed by the king. He could overrule the elected assembly.
Theocracy- leaders rule in the name God

6. MASSACHUSETTS 1620- Pilgrims led by William Bradford
1630- Puritans led by John Winthrop
Mayflower Compact- signed agreement on how they would govern
Puritans laws were based on the Bible

7. RHODE ISLAND 1647- founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
Open to all religions
Slave Trade- main way they made money
Nickname- “The Sewer of New England” “Rouges Island”

8. CONNECTICUT 1639- founded by Thomas Hooker Puritans
The Fundamental Orders- 1st written plan of government in the colonies (1st Constitution)
Guaranteed right to vote for all men who were members of the Puritan Church
People should have a say in running the gov
They had more rights than any other colony

9. NEW YORK 1624- Dutch West India Company 1664- James the Duke of York
James made all the laws and taxes for the colony
1683- Elected an assembly and passed 15 laws
Right to elect their own lawmakers
Right to trial by jury
Right to worship as they wanted
Power to set their own taxes

10. PENNSYLVANIA 1681- Founded by William Penn
Society of Friends or Quakers- believed in simple lifestyle and treating all people as equal
Great Law of people of all faiths would be treated equally
This was the first “democracy” in America

11. MARYLAND 1634- Founded by Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
Roman Catholic religion
1649- Act Concerning Religion- guaranteed religious freedom

12. VIRGINIA 1607- Founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and the Virginia Company
Economy based on tobacco and cash crops
1st Africans brought to Virginia were treated as indentured servants
1661- House of Burgesses passed a law making African workers slaves for life

13. GEORGIA 1732- King George II and James Edward Oglethorpe
Founded to give English debtors a place to go instead of prison and to be a buffer between the colonies and Spain
Spanish always attacked Georgia
Oglethorpe wanted farmers to not drink or own slave, they were to live on small farms and work the land themselves
Settlers didn’t like this