CE-Notes 3-4

Week 2: DO NOWTUESDAY1. What type of government do we have in America?2. Who do you think was the worst leader in history?3. Do you think the people should have a say in government?WEDNESDAY1. In which type of economic system can private individuals

own property?2. Which type of government has a king or a queen with all

the power?3. Which type of democracy do we have in America?THURSDAY1. What are the names of the THREE regions of the colonies?2. Illustrate and label the triangular trade.

Objectives• SWBAT describe the founding of the

New England, Middle and Southern Colonies.

• SWBAT analyze the impact of geography on each region.

Today’s Questions:

1.Who founded the American Colonies?

2.Why were the colonies formed?

RAP CEnotes 31. What do you need for farming?

2. What do you think the stars on this flag represent?

The 13 Colonies and their flagNew Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode

Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South

Carolina and Georgia

Notes page 3• Background Info:

– England is a “superpower” with the strongest Navy and control of all ocean trade,

– Mercantilism: A system where the mother country (England) establishes colonies (13 colonies) to use as a trading partner. This way the mother country can increase wealth by having a favorable balance of trade (Exports>Imports)

• Example: England establishes a colonies in the America so it can have plenty of cotton to make textiles with in its factories. This way it doesn’t have to import the cotton from another country. Saves $$

Triangular Trade

3) Cash Crops: Sugar, Cotton, Tobacco

2) Slaves

“MIDDLE PASSAGE”

1) Textiles, rum, guns, pots & pans

AMERICAS

AFRICA

Europe (England)

Notes 4Background

• Why did people come to the colonies?– Economic opportunity: the chance to make

money, esp. in the South in agriculture.• Primogeniture: a law in England which only

allowed 1st born sons to inherit land.

– Religious Freedom: Puritans and pilgrims were escaping the Church of England. They came to New England to reform their church.

• Who came and why:– 1620: Pilgrims come over on the Mayflower to found their new church

and practice religion freely– 1630: Puritans take over pilgrims. Both groups wanted to escape the

Church of England. – Puritans are so strict they establish a theocracy in Massachusetts,

forcing other colonists to leave also in search of religious freedom and tolerance.

• Climate/Geography:– N.E. is cold and the soil is bad for farming.– Small pieces of land given to single families

• Economy:– Indentured servants are brought over to work.– Manufacturing and trading centers (wealthy and busy harbors like

Boston)– Shipbuilding

Notes page 4New England Colonies

Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts Bay Colony)

Boston Harbor: then & now

Notes page 4Middle Colonies

• Who came and why:– 1650: Catholics settle in Maryland to practice

religion freely—they weren’t allowed in MA.– 1682: Quakers come to Pennsylvania for

religious tolerance.

• Climate/Geography:– Soil good for farming wheat, barley & rye

• Economy:– Cottage industries: weaving, shoemaking

furniture– “Bread basket colonies”

Cottage industry in the middle colonies

Notes pg. 4Southern Colonies

• Who came and why:– 1607 Jamestown, Virginia. Founded by British men hoping

to gain land and make $$. – Southern colonies were founded by men looking to increase

their wealth through agriculturethey are called “Proprietors”

• Climate/Geography:– Fertile Soil, great for Cash Crops (cotton & tobacco)

• Economy:– Plantation System (wealthy families who owned huge

pieces of land and slaves)– Depended on Slaves to work the plantation– Produced the crops/raw materials for the Triangular Trade.

Jamestown, Virginia

Southern Plantations

PIT 2• Complete the Chart using your

notes

New England Colonies: MA, NH, RI, CT

Middle Colonies:

NY, NJ, PA, MD, DE

Southern Colonies: NC, VA, GA, SC

Climate/ geography

--bad soil-Cold-Lived close together

-good soil -fertile soil-Good temps-Long growing season

Economy -Shipbuilding-Use indentured servants-Manufacturing-Trade

-Cottage industries-Bread basket

-plantation system

Cash crops

Slave labor

Why colonies started

Religious Freedom

-religious freedom

- farming

Came to make $ through agriculture

• What did the Middle and Southern colonies have in common?

• cash crops

• ethnic diversity

• political structure

• religious diversity