1. Colonial Regions: Random Facts You May Have Missed

2. New England Colonies
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
Major settlements
Plymouth Colony (1620)-founded by Pilgrims
Massachusetts Bay(1629)-founded by Puritans
Plymouth merged with Massachusetts Bay in 1691

3. Mayflower Compact Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower 1620
Create Mayflower Compact
1st written framework for government

4. Puritans vs Pilgrims Anglicanism-> Official religion of England
Puritans-> Want to “purify” Anglicanism, by changing it.
Pilgrims-> Want to separate completely from Anglicanism.

5. New England Colonies: Important People
John Winthrop
Famous “City Upon a Hill” Speech
1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay
Roger Williams
Exiled from Massachusetts Bay
Advocated religious freedom/tolerance
Founds Rhode Island, becomes home for different religious groups
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Check out the stache

6. Early Representative Government in New England
New England Town Hall Meetings
First started 1633, still continue today

7. Middle Colonies New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Most diverse: ethnically/religiously
English took from the Dutch in 1660s

8. Middle Colonies Important People
William Penn
Quaker
Advocated Religious freedom/democracy
Received land from King and founded Pennsylvania

9. Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Major settlement
Jamestown (1607)
Hierarchical society
Small group of landowners at the top
Laborers and slaves at the bottom
High mortality rate for workers
Until the late 1600s, there were far more indentured servants than slaves.

10. Important People in the South
George Calvert- aka “Lord Baltimore”
Founder of Maryland
Promoted religious freedom
Leads to Maryland Act of Tolerance-forbids religious discrimination

11. Early Representative Government in South
Virginia House of Burgess
First met in Jamestown 1619
First democratically elected legislature in colonies
Settlers deal with this government NOT the English Parliament or King.