English Colonial Regions

Your guide to the 13 colonies!

Location, Location, Location!

The 13 colonies were located on the east

coast of North America between the Atlantic Ocean and

the Appalachian Mountains.

English Colonial Regions

The colonies were divided into 3 colonial regions:

1. New England

2. Middle

3. Southern

New England ColoniesPeople

• Pilgrims• Puritans• Roger Williams – opposed forced attendance at church; founded

Rhode Island

• Anne Hutchinson – believed a person could worship God without help from a church

• Thomas Hooker – Father of Connecticut – he and his congregation wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• NOT very many slaves• Some free blacks (more than any other

region)

New England ColoniesClimate/Geography

• Long winters• Short summers• Short growing season only 3-7 months• Rocky soil• Furthest north• Many trees• Good seaports because of being close to

the sea

New England ColoniesEconomy/Agriculture/Resources

• Subsistence farming – just enough food for themselves with very little left over for trade

• Fishing, whaling, trading

• Made money with jobs or trade

• Many trees for lumber - shipbuilding

New England ColoniesColonies Included

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

New England ColoniesMajor Cities

• Portsmouth, NH

• Plymouth, MA

• Hartford, CT

• Providence, RI

• Boston, MA

• Salem, MA

Middle ColoniesPeople

• Most diverse colonial region

• Quakers

• Swedes, Dutch, English, Germans

• Africans

• Protestants, Catholics and Jews

• William Penn (founded Pennsylvania and extended religious freedom to all)

Middle ColoniesClimate/Geography

• Flat, farmable land

• Fertile soil

• Growing season only 5-9 months

Middle ColoniesEconomy/Agriculture/Resources

• Grew crops for themselves and for trade

• Made money with cash crops and trade

• Cattle, fish, furs, iron, pigs, sheep, timber and most of all wheat.

• Known as the Breadbasket Colonies

• Harbors along the coast allowed for trade and exporting crops

Middle ColoniesColonies Included

• New York

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

Middle ColoniesMajor Cities

• Albany, NY

• New York, NY

• Philadelphia, PA

• Wilmington, DE

Southern ColoniesPeople

• White Englishmen

• Eliza Lucas – introduced indigo

• Slaves

Southern ColoniesClimate/Geography

• Very fertile soil

• Warm climate

• Growing season 7-12 months

• Coastal Plains

Southern ColoniesEconomy/Agriculture/Resources

• Made money from cash crops and trade

• Corn, indigo, naval stores, pigs, rice and tobacco

• Rice and tobacco required a lot of labor

• Plantation system

• Planters used enslaved Africans for labor

Southern ColoniesColonies Included

• Virginia

• Maryland

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Georgia

Southern ColoniesMajor Cities

• Savannah, GA

• Charles Town (Charleston), SC

• Wilmington, NC

• Jamestown, VA

• Baltimore, MD