Life in Colonial Life in Colonial AmericaAmerica

Chapter 2, Section 2Chapter 2, Section 2

PART 1

Learning Goals:Learning Goals:

• Explain the growth of population, Explain the growth of population, agriculture, and trade in the colonies.agriculture, and trade in the colonies.

• Describe the economic impact that Describe the economic impact that slavery had in the Southern colonies.slavery had in the Southern colonies.

• Identify the influence of religion and Identify the influence of religion and education on American culture.education on American culture.

• Discuss the growing tensions between Discuss the growing tensions between the colonies and Great Britain over trade.the colonies and Great Britain over trade.

After reading this section, students will be able to:

Eastern SeaboardEastern Seaboard(a region boarding the sea)(a region boarding the sea)

REMINDER: The 1st permanent English settlement was at Jamestown, Virginia

Plymouth, MA: Pilgrims

Massachusetts Bay (Boston): Puritans

Pennsylvania: Quakers

Maryland: Catholics

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Commercial New EnglandCommercial New England

Long winters and thin, rocky soil in New England made large-scale farming difficult.Famers there generally produced just enough to meet the needs of their families, with little left over to sell or exchange. This kind of farming is called. . . . .

Subsistence farming

Extra =

Surplus

Exchange =

Barter

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

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ShipbuildingShipbuilding(an important New England (an important New England

industry)industry)

The lumber for building ships came from the forests of New England.

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Triangular tradeTriangular trade

The Middle Passage

SlaversSlavers(A ship used for transporting slaves)(A ship used for transporting slaves)

SlaversSlavers(A ship used for transporting slaves)(A ship used for transporting slaves)

““Tight Packing”Tight Packing”

Middle ColoniesMiddle Colonies

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas were called . . . .cash

crops

Farmers sent shipments of wheat and livestock to busy port cities like . . .New York and

Philadelphia

The Middle Colonies attracted many German, Dutch, Swedish, and other non-English settlers. This gave the Middle Colonies a cultural diversity. Diversity means . . . .

variety

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