colonial regions environment, culture, and migration
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ColonialColonialRegionsRegions
Environment, Culture, and Migration.
The Three Regions New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Middle ColoniesNew York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Southern ColoniesMaryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Subsistence Farming– Growing only what
you need Timber and Ship
Building Fishing and Whaling Manufactured Goods Trading
New EnglandEconomy
New EnglandSocial
RELIGIONSeparatists/PilgrimsPuritansStrict religious rulesClosed communities
– Intolerant of different ideas
GOVERNMENTSelf-Governing ChartersTown MeetingsThe Mayflower CompactThe Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
New EnglandPolitical
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut Rhode Island
New EnglandeNvironment
GEOGRAPHYMountainousRocky, hard soil
– Very Short Growing Season (long cold winters)
• Bad for farming
Large ForestsNatural Harbors (on the Atlantic Ocean)
Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye– Called the “Bread
Colonies”
Shipbuilding Skilled craftsmen Some trade
Middle ColoniesEconomy
RELIGIONQuakersGerman BaptistsFrench HuguenotsPortuguese JewsDutch Mennonite (Amish)LutheransAnglicans
Middle ColoniesSocial
GOVERNMENTProprietary ChartersReligious Freedom and ToleranceFreedom of the PressStrong Courts
Middle ColoniesPolitical
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Middle ColonieseNvironment
GEOGRAPHYPlenty of waterways
– Rivers– Lakes
Warm summers and mild wintersLong growing seasonFertile soil
Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton.
Grew “cash crops” on plantations
Purchase manufactured goods.
Southern ColoniesEconomy
Southern ColoniesSocial
English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves
Most Southern colonies focused on making a profit, not on religion– Maryland: religious freedom for Catholics– Virginia: Jamestown and tobacco– North Carolina: first English attempt at a colony
(Roanoke)– Georgia: founded for debtors and prisoners
Religious freedom: Most were Anglican (Church of England)
GOVERNMENTJoint-Stock and Proprietary ChartersThe House of BurgessesColonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Company or Proprietors
Southern ColoniesPolitical Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
GEOGRAPHY Fertile soil Long growing season
and fertile land Cool winters and hot
summers
Southern ColonieseNvironment