The 13 Original English

ColoniesU.S. History 7

New England Colonies Massachusett

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Connecticut New England Colonies were mainly founded for religious freedom

Puritan is the main religion. (The Puritan religion set out to simplify the practices of the Church of England)

First New England colony was Plymouth, Massachusetts. Very strict.

Salem Witch Trials

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

New England Colonies Important People

Roger Williams- Disagreed with Puritan policies. Believed Natives should be paid for land. Started Rhode Island.

Anne Hutchinson-Tried by the Puritan Church for breaking laws. Kicked out of Massachusetts. Helped set up Rhode Island. Economy

Fishing Shipbuilding

Lumber Whaling

Fur trading

New England Colonies Interesting Facts

Called the Colonial Workshop because of all the building

New England Colonies

Common

The meeting house (church) was in the center of the community. It served as a school, church, government center and a place for any other community events.INTERESTING FACT: More people could read in the New England than in all the other colonies.

New England’s Witch Trials

Middle Colonies New York

Delaware

Economy of Middle Colonies

•Fur •Iron

•Grains

William Penn- Started Pennsylvania as a colony for Quakers. The Quakers are a peaceful people who get along well with the Natives and one another.

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Middle Colonies- Definitions Proprietary colony- Colony in which the king

gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment

Cash crop- Crop sold for money

Backcountry- Area of land along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains.

Subsistence Farming- Growing only what your family needs.

Quaker- A peaceful religion set up in Pennsylvania. Believed all people were equals.

Middle ColoniesNicknamed the

“Breadbasket” because there is much wheat grown here.

Small number of slaves because farms are smaller

Many schools; often started by churches (school not required)

Southern Colonies Virginia

Maryland

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Indentured Servant- Signs a contract to serve a certain number of years then they are free CHOICE

Slave-Forced to work. Never granted their freedom. LIFE!- NO CHOICE

Georgia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Southern Colonies Royal Colony-Colony under control

of the English crown

Debtor-A person who owes money

Slave Code- Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights

The Middle Passage and Triangular Trade It was called the triangular

trade because of the triangular shape that the three legs of the journey made.

The first leg was the journey from Europe to Africa where goods were exchanged for slaves.

The second, or middle, leg of the journey was the transportation of slaves to the Americas. It was nicknamed the 'middle passage.'

The third and final leg of the journey,  was the transport of goods from the Americas back to Europe.

Triangular Trade

All Colonies

Port cities were very important because they were the center of shipping and trade.

The Mercantile System Like other European nations at the time, England believed that colonies existed for the benefit of the home or mother country. This belief was part of an economic theory known as mercantilism. According to this theory, a nation becomes strong by building up its gold supply and expanding its trade. Since exporting helps a country earn money, it is the belief that a country should export more than it imports.

Southern Colonies• Important Characteristics

Maryland- Colony for Catholics

Georgia- Colony for English debtors and a buffer from Spain

Colonial Greenhouse