Miss Springborn

Team 6

Social Studies

Notes on the Colonies…

Why be a Colonist?What would make

you want to leave your homeland and travel across the unknown ocean to a strange land??

America: What was here…

OpportunityMobilityFreedomLiberty

Europe: What they are leaving behind…

Hard TimesRigidityRestraintPersecution

Define Motive…A reason for doing something

Three new settlements…

Three Countries

New SpainAll of Southwest United States, Central

America, and the Caribbean IslandsMOTIVE- Wanted to get GOLD, slaves for

plantations, and sugar plantationsKing of Spain in charge of the Spanish landsConquistadors (Spanish Soldiers) and

Missionaries main group that comes to settle in Americas.

New France

All of Canada, St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes, and west of the Mississippi river. Capitol city was Quebec

MOTIVE: Main source of money was through the fur trade

Worked with the Natives to make money, partners

King of France in charge of these settlements

Traders, trappers, and Missionaries were the groups that came to settle in the Americas

England: Two Settlements

Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in Massachusetts

Jamestown was created by a Joint Stock Company and wanted to make money

They farmed rice, indigo, and tobacco. Had a ruling body called the House of

Burgesses that would make laws for the community

Jamestown populated by soldiers, indentured servants, strong men, and a few women and children

Jamestown…

PlymouthPlymouth was created as a religious haven for

the Pilgrims who were not allowed to worship in England

Plymouth was populated by families trying to start a new life

Plymouth was not founded to make a profit, they ruled themselves using the Mayflower Compact as a guide to make laws: SELF-GOVERNING

1. Corporate Colonies- A group in charge to make money

2. Proprietary Colonies- Individuals in charge

3. Royal Colonies- King in charge

Three Types of English Colonies

The English Colonies… The new world for the English could be

split into four distinct regions…

1. New England2. Middle3. Southern4. Frontier

New England Colonies…Cold climate, short growing season, bad

for farmingThick forestsSubsistent Farming- when you grow

enough to eatMostly turned to sea for fish and whalesGrew corn and wheat as crops

Jobs included fishermen, traders, shipbuilders, and forest workers

Education very important, public schools, students could read the bible

Religion was very importantMostly English immigrantsVery passionate about democracyPilgrims created the Mayflower Compact

Everyday life in New England…

Middle Region…Winter less harsh than New EnglandLonger growing seasonFertile valleysSoil great for grainsNickname the breadbasket colonies because

their main crop was GRAINS: including wheat, oats, barley, rye, and corn

Farmers could grow surplus of food

Jobs included farming, shipbuilding, fur trade, and small businesses

Trade school and apprenticeships main source of education

Skilled workers made things like hardware, clocks, glass, nails, and paper

Many different cultures, very different from New England and South

Groups like English, Dutch, German, Scottish, Irish, Swedish and Finns immigrated to this region

More of an emphasis on equalityEarly peace with the Native Americans

Everyday life in the Middle Region

Southern Region…Long growing season, fertile soil, warm summers, mild winters

CASH CROPS: tobacco, rice, cotton and indigo

Wealthy: Needed slaves to run their large plantations, cheap labor

Small farmers: grew things like corn, grains, and enough for their families

Jobs mainly farming, some lumbering and shipping/trading on the shore

Only the rich were educated, used tutorsIllegal to educate slavesMostly Protestant but Maryland had a

large number of CatholicsMost immigrants were English, slaves

were mostly AfricanThese colonies existed to serve the king,

he appointed a governor that ruled in his place

Everyday life in the South…

Slavery was major part of the southImport: products brought into the

areaExport: products brought out of an

area

South continued…

Frontier Region…

Soil was best in the valleysSubsistent Farming Grew wheat and cornRaised hogs (pigs)Made moon shine (whiskey)

Jobs included farming and trapping in the fur trade

Self-educated, learned from the BibleMostly Protestant, very religiousImmigrants included Scottish, Germans,

Irish, and a few EnglishVery Independent, Strongly Democratic

and believed in equality (ready for a rebellion)

Everyday life in the Frontier