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13 Colonies

13 Colonies. New England Colonies. Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire. New England. Climate and Physical Features Rocky Soils Short farming season Subsistence farming Bad farming conditions Great harbors for port Cities like Boston. New England.

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13 Colonies

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  1. 13 Colonies

  2. New England Colonies • Rhode Island • Connecticut • Massachusetts • New Hampshire

  3. New England • Climate and Physical Features • Rocky Soils • Short farming season • Subsistence farming • Bad farming conditions • Great harbors for port • Cities like Boston

  4. New England • Economic Comparative Advantage • Commercial businesses ($$$) • Fishing • Shipping • manufacturing

  5. New England • Why colonies were started • Religious freedom • Pilgrims, Puritans fled England for Massachusetts

  6. The New England Colonies Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut

  7. Rhode Island • Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence • Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) • Major Cities: Providence • Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island" • Became a State: May 29, 1790

  8. Connecticut • Founded: 1636 by Thomas Hooker and others, at Hartford • Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing) • Major Cities: Hartford, New Haven • Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river" • Became a State: February 6, 1788

  9. Massachusetts • Founded: 1630 by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay • Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding) • Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord • Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place") • Became a State: February 6, 1788

  10. New Hampshire • Founded: 1638 by John Wheelwright and others • Major Industry: Agriculture (potatoes, fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding) • Major Cities: Concord • Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England • Became a State: June 21, 1788

  11. Middle Colonies • Delaware • Pennsylvania • New York • New Jersey

  12. Middle Colonies • Climate and Physical Features • Good Soil • Longer growing seasons than New England • Ok Harbors

  13. Middle Colonies • Economic Comparative Advantage • Known as the “Breadbasket” • Grew crops like wheat and corn • Provided food for other colonies • Some shipping and manufacturing

  14. Middle Colonies • Why colonies were started • Religious Freedom • Make money through trade (New York and New Jersey)

  15. The Middle Colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware

  16. Delaware • Founded: 1638 by Peter Minuit and others • Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) • Major Cities: Wilmington • Colony Named for: named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr • Became a State: December 7, 1787

  17. Pennsylvania • Founded: 1682 by William Penn and others, at Philadelphia • Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy), Manufacturing (textiles, papermaking, shipbuilding) • Major Cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster, York • Colony Named for: William Penn and sylvania, Latin for "forest" • Became a State: December 12, 1787

  18. New York • Founded: 1626 by Peter Minuit and others, on Manhattan Island • Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat) • Major Cities: New York City, Albany • Colony Named for: Duke of York • Became a State: July 26, 1788

  19. New Jersey • Founded: 1664 by English colonists(Sir George Carteret & Lord Berkeley) • Major Industry: Manufacturing (ironworking, lumbering) • Major Cities: Trenton, Princeton • Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England • Became a State: December 18, 1787

  20. Southern Colonies • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia

  21. Southern Colonies • Climate and Physical Features • Great Soil • Warm Weather • Very long growing seasons • Bad harbors

  22. Southern Colonies • Economic Comparative Advantage • Focused on farming cash crops • Large plantation farms for tobacco, cotton, and indigo • Almost no shipping

  23. Southern Colonies • Why colonies were started • Almost all were started to make money by growing cash crops • Maryland was started for religious freedom • Georgia • A place for criminals/ debtors

  24. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

  25. Maryland • Founded: 1633 by Lord Baltimore and others, at Baltimore (safe haven for Catholics) • Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, indigo) • Major Cities: Baltimore, Annapolis • Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England • Became a State: April 28, 1788

  26. Virginia • Founded: 1607 by John Smith and others, at Jamestown • Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn) • Major Cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond • Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I • Became a State: June 25, 1788

  27. North Carolina • Founded: 1653 by Virginia colonists • Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco) • Major Cities: Raleigh • Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England • Became a State: November 21, 1789

  28. South Carolina • Founded: 1663 by English colonists • Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, cattle) • Major Cities: Charleston • Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England • Became a State: May 23, 1788

  29. Georgia • Founded: 1732 by James Oglethorpe and others • Major Industry: Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar) • Major Cities: Savannah • Colony Named for: England's King George II • Became a State: January 2, 1788

  30. Reasons why the colonies began • God – Religious Freedoms • The Puritans and the Pilgrims fled from England to the colonies • Glory – Wanted the fame of starting a new country • Gold – People could make lots of money in the colonies especially on plantations

  31. The Development of Democratic Ideas

  32. Magna Carta-1215 • 1st document to limit power of English rulers • Kings and queens must obey the law too! • Major step toward constitutional government • Where? - England

  33. Colonial Government – 1600s • The governor of colony represented King • Colonists voted for members of a legislature (assembly)

  34. Virginia House of Burgesses-1619 • 1st representative assembly in America • Beginning of representative government • Where? South

  35. Mayflower Compact - 1620 • 1st document to establish self-government, popular sovereignty and rule of law in the colonies • Where? New England

  36. New England Town Meetings - 1629 • Meeting for townspeople to express themselves openly • Helped further direct democracy as self-government in the colonies • One vote/one person • Where? New England

  37. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut- 1639 • 1st written constitution in the American colonies • Began a pattern of the colonists securing guaranteed rights. • constitution = a written plan for government • Where? New England

  38. Maryland Toleration Act - 1649 • 1st document to recogonize religious freedom in the colonies • model for the 1st Amendment of the Constitution • Where? Southern

  39. English Bill of Rights (1689) • List of rights for the English citizens • Where? England • Discuss • Today where can US citizens look to find rights that are given?

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