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Development of Colonial Identity: New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

Explore the diverse colonial identities that emerged in New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Discover the motivations behind the Pilgrims' migration to Massachusetts, the Puritan values that shaped New England societies, and the religious tolerance embraced by Quakers in Pennsylvania. Learn about the agricultural focus of the Southern Colonies and their reliance on cash crops and plantation economies. Each region's unique environmental factors and social structures contributed to the development of distinctly American identities in the early colonial period.

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Development of Colonial Identity: New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

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  1. Development of a Colonial Identity New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

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

  3. Plymouth, Massachusetts • Why did the Pilgrims migrate to America? • The Pilgrims migrated to North America to escape religious persecution

  4. Plymouth, Massachusetts

  5. New England Colonies Environment • Harsh Winters • Good Harbors • Fishing • Whaling Trade • Jagged Coastlines • Rocky Soil

  6. New EnglandColonies • Puritans who lives centered around the church • Religious freedom vs Religious toleration

  7. New England Colonies • New England Villages • Skilled Craftsmen • Shopkeepers

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

  9. Middle Colonies • Quakers who believed in a simple lifestyle and that all people are EQUAL • They refused to bow before the King, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England

  10. Middle Colonies • Quakers • Religious diversity- there were many different religions in the Middle Colonies

  11. Pennsylvania • William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania believed in religious freedom. • William Penn was a Quaker

  12. Middle Colonies • Market towns • Villages and towns • Skilled and unskilled workers • Fishermen

  13. Middle Colonies • Moderate climate • Coastal lowlands • Wide and deep rivers • Rich farmland • Grain farming • Livestock raising

  14. New Jersey Penny

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

  16. Southern Colonies Region • Long growing season • Cash crops • Plantations • Small farms • Humid climate

  17. Southern Colonies • Good harbors and rivers made it easy to export their cash crops. • The cash crops in the early Southern Colonies was rice, indigo, and tobacco.

  18. Jamestown, Virginia 1607 • In 1607, a group of wealthy English gentlemen merchants formed the Virginia Company. There goal was an economic venture designed to find goal in the new land.

  19. Southern way of life • Church of England • Few Schools • Few Cities

  20. Plantation Agriculture Slave labor Indentured servants Large cash crops Mansions

  21. Southern Lifestyle • Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

  22. Slavery in the South • Plantation owners relied on slaves and indentured servants to sow and harvest their fields.

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