1. The Thirteen Colonies
Chapter 5

2. The New England Colonies Puritans Arrive
Puritans coming from England to settle on Mass. Bay
Practicing religious beliefs – wouldn’t let anyone settle if had different beliefs
John Winthrop governor
Built city on hill so all would look up to them

3. Change & Conflict
Some thought they should be able to follow own beliefs
Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson disagreed
Expelled from Mass. So started Rhode Island
King Phillips war took place because colonists were taking over Native American land – many died

4. Life in New England Everyone had to attend church on Sun. or punished
People did things together –work, worship, & school
Voting at town meetings was done by male church members
Started Harvard University
Women cooked & men farmed & hunted

5. New England’s Economy Farming, fishing, ship building, & trading
England had strict rules in trading – exports could only be sent to England or English colonies & they could only buy imports from England

6. Middle Passage
Triangular Trade Routes – shipped goods from colonies, England, West Indies & Africa
Middle Passage was a path that sent slaves to the English colonies
Treated poorly and many died
Colonists began to form groups against slave trade

7. Middle Colonies Settling Middle Colonies
New Netherland tried to claim land but English warships took over
England started New York & New Jersey
Quakers settled these colonies – they believed that all were equal
Wanted refuge or safe place because were arrested do to not showing loyalty to king

8. Pennsylvania
William Penn was proprietor – owner – of Pennsylvania & Delaware
Wanted all to live together regardless of religion peacefully – welcomed all immigrants
Wrote Frame of Govt of Penn – stating you’d have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and trial by jury

9. Life in Middle Colonies
Great Awakening allowed anyone to practice religion
Became part of social life & lots of diversity
Philadelphia largest city – Ben Franklin started hospital, college, library and fire station

10. Breadbasket Colonies Grew wheat, corn, and rye
Most families would take goods to ports – trade at general store
New York City & Philadelphia were large ports
Men becoming apprentices by learning a trade

11. Southern Colonies Maryland & Virginia
Had tobacco as cash crop
Located near Chesapeake Bay & Potomac River
Calverts founded Maryland – place for Catholics to live
Maryland – had proprietor & Virginia had governor
Toleration Act gave religious freedom to all

12. Carolinas & Georgia
Georgia – had debtors – people who owed money to settle the lands
Plantations & slavery helped economy
Carolina divided into North & South
Tobacco & corn in NC & rice in SC
Had constitution to adopt laws but proprietors still had most power

13. Heading West
Settlers headed to back country to settle using Great Wagon Road
Settlers were destroying NA villages
Pushed NA off lands, fought back, & some captured and put to work on plantations

14. Slavery in the Colonies
Mid 1700’s slavery was legal in all 13 colonies
Treated poorly by owners
Escaped slaves attended school & wanted to help others be free

15. Life in the South
Most people lived or worked on plantations & had slaves
Colonists had small farms
Large cities & ports for importing & exporting goods
1st college in south – College of William & Mary

16. Southern Economy Tobacco, rice, & indigo were the main cash crops
Indigo seeds came from West Indies
Ship building was an important industry
Brokers who would buy & sell goods for owners

17. Test Review for Thursday 2-4
Why did Puritans start the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
What does diversity mean?
Why did Calverts establish colony of Maryland?
What caused King Philip’s War?
What are imports?
What was the self government that the Middle Colonies use?
Why was Philadelphia a good location for imports?
How did people become artisans?
Where did people go on the Great Wagon Road?
Where did enslaved people work in southern colonies?

18. Essay ?’s
What were some of the trade rules for the New England Colonies?
Effect of the Great Awakening?
How did the Puritans create “a city on a hill”?
How did Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson voice their opinion about New England?
How did slavery develop differently in the New England, Middle, & Southern colonies?