13 Colonies New England, Middle, Southern 13 Colonies Along which ocean are these colonies located?...
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13 Colonies New England, Middle, Southern 13 Colonies Along which ocean are these colonies located? What natural boundary is to the west of the colonies?
13 Colonies Along which ocean are these colonies located? What
natural boundary is to the west of the colonies?
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New England Colonies
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Massachusetts Pilgrims (Separatists) Wrote the Mayflower
Compact1620 Puritans New Hampshire Settlers from Massachusetts
settled here Rhode Island Settled by Roger Williams and Anne
Hutchinson Left Massachusetts to be able to practice religious
freedom Connecticut Thomas Hooker Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
New England Colonies
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Founded for religious reasons Founded for Quakers, Pilgrims,
and Puritans so they could practice their religion freely (without
persecution) Long winters, rocky soil, short growing season
Practiced subsistence farming Lived near towns English settlers
made up the largest population Decline in Puritan religion as other
religions increased Massachusetts gained religious freedom New
England Colonies
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Atlantic Ocean offered economic opportunities (fishing, ship
building) Lots of shipping and trade, lots of ports Lots of timber
3 types of trade: With other colonies Triangular trade Direct
exchange of goods with England Had few slaves-was not economical
New England Economic Resources
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Triangular Trade
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Middle Colonies
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New York Taken from Holland/Named after the Duke of York New
Jersey Given by the Duke of York to two of his friends Pennsylvania
Founded by Willliam Penn for religious freedom- QUAKERS Delaware
Granted their own Assembly by Penn Middle Colonies
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Founded for economic reasons Settlements crowded out Native
Americans Skilled Dutch and German farmers Very diverse
population-climate of tolerance Quakers eventually ended up in
Pennsylvania looking for freedom of religion-again Middle
Colonies
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Long growing season Cash crops of fruits, vegetables, and grain
Produced so much grain they became known as the Bread Basket
colonies Cities along rivers (Hudson-NY, Delaware-Philadelphia)
exported cash crops and imported manufactured goods Colonists ate
an average of 1lb of grain per day-3times more than we do today!
Some owned slaves, although there were also free African Americans
living there Middle Colonies
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Southern Colonies
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Good soil and a long growing season (almost all year) allowed
plantations to thrive Rice, tobacco, and indigo were cash
crops-Plantation economy Easy to export because of many waterways
Plantation owners had a difficult time finding laborers White
indentured servants only worked for a few years and could easily
save to buy their own farms Southern Colonies
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Maryland Established by Lord Baltimore for religious freedom-
Catholics Virginia (Jamestown) The Carolinas (Carolina is from the
Latin word for Charles) Settled as a source of crops Later divided
into North Carolina and South Carolina Georgia Established by James
Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors Southern Colonies
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Tried to force Native Americans to work for them Too many died
from European diseases Others knew the land well enough to run away
Slaves made up about 40%of the South's population Slavery allowed
the plantation system to grow Southern Colonies
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Colonial governments were established to provide representation
and provide for individual freedoms. Mayflower Compact Fundamental
Orders of Connecticut Virginia House of Burgesses Colonial
Government
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Magna Carta-1215, King John signed a document granting rights
to English People Gave certain rights to English noblemen and
freemen Prevented the king from taking property King could not tax
people without the consent of a council No trials without
witnesses; punished by peers only Parliament-Englands chief
lawmaking body English Bill of Rights-1689, royal agreement to
respect the rights of English citizens and Parliament Salutary
Neglect-Leaving alone in a helpful way Roots of Representative
Government
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A BURGESS was an elected representative Created in 1619 to
limit the power of the governor First representative government in
the American colonies Virginia House of Burgesses (1619)
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Pilgrims agreed to obey laws for the good of the colony
Established the idea of self-government and majority rule Mayflower
Compact (1620)
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Puritans wrote this constitution; self government Gave voting
rights to non-church members Limited the power of the governor
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
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A transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including
slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West
Indies and the colonies in North America. Triangular Trade
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Slaves captured in Africa Sent to the West Indies and then on
to the colonies Many did not survive the Middle Passage (Middle leg
of the triangular trade) Estimated 2 million die during the Middle
Passage Supported the plantation system Transatlantic Slave
Trade
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Mercantilism is the colony supporting the Mother Countrys
economy Parliament controlled the trade of the colonies in order to
benefit the Mother Country Colonists were expected to sell their
raw materials only to England and at very low prices The colonists
were expected to buy manufactured goods only from England, which
were expensive Mercantilism
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The American colonies export raw materials to England The
American colonies purchase finished goods from England The American
colonies purchase finished goods from France The American colonies
manufacture finished goods and sell them to England England buys
raw materials from France The American colonies import raw
materials from the Spanish West Indies England manufactures goods
and sells them to France The American colonies manufacture goods
and sell them to Spain Mercantilism?
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Enlightenment An 18 th Century movement that emphasized the use
of reason and the scientific method to obtain knowledge. Stressed
reason and science Ben Franklin Started in Europe John Locke argued
that people have natural rights Life Liberty Property Challenged
that kings had a God- given right to rule
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The Great Awakening Best described as a revival(awakening) of
religious feeling in the American colonies in the 1730s and the
1740s