How did 3 distinct colonial regions develop? Fill out the following chart during the lesson:

New England

Middle Southern

Religion Government Economy Society

Describe the role of each of the aspects below, expanding on how and why they were unique to each region. Add: Present-day states + Geography

To what extent does geography impact a location’s development??

Tobacco Plant

Virginia’s gold and silver. -- John Rolfe, 1612

CASH CROP FOR SOUTHERN COLONIES

Indentured Servitude

Headright System

w  Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters.

w Colonies run for profit

w  ***The Virginia House of Burgesses***

w Maryland Act of Toleration

Southern Colonies Government Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

" Beginning in 1662 à “Slave Codes”

made Africans CHATTEL for life

Colonial Slavery

Southern Colonies

Culture

w Anglicans w English Plantation

Owners, Indentured Servants, Transported Criminals, and Slaves.

Colonization of New England

Lots of timber + harbors = ship building in New England

w  Self-Governing Charters

w  Town Meetings w  The Mayflower

Compact w  The

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

New England ***Government

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Connecticut Rhode Island

"In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, e&. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia; do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620."

PRODUCTS w  Subsistence Farming w  Timber and Ship

Building w  Rum and other

Manufactured Trade Goods

PEOPLE w  Puritans and Pilgrims

worked hard/ followed strict rules.

w  Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers.

New England Culture

Fertile Farmland in the Middle

w  Proprietary Charters

w Religious Freedom and Tolerance

w  Freedom of the Press

w  Strong Courts

Middle Colonies Government

New York

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

Delaware

PRODUCTS w  Called the Bread

Colonies w  Made homespun

products. w  Little trade.

PEOPLE w  People from: England,

the Netherlands, France, Germany and others.

w  Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews.

Middle Colonies Culture

William Penn and the Indians

Religious diversity by

1775

America, a “melting

pot”

Which region was

most diverse?

What factors led English men and women to move to the 13 colonies? What factors led the Irish to move (or be deported) to the 13 colonies? What factors led the Dutch to immigrate to Colonial NY, NJ, and DE?