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Colonial Regions New England, Middle, and Southern

13 Colonies Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Colonial Regions New England, Middle, and Southern.

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Colonial Regions New England, Middle, and Southern

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  1. 13 ColoniesMassachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Colonial Regions New England, Middle, and Southern

  2. New England ColoniesCommerce and ReligionMassachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island • Settled by Pilgrims, Puritans, and other Protestant religious groups; mostly from England. • Religious Freedom. • Cold weather, rocky soil * • Short growing season due to weather. • Subsistence Farming – produce enough for themselves.

  3. Near the Atlantic Ocean. • Fishing provides great economic opportunity in New England. • Harbors provide shipping ports = trade. • New England Forests • Provides wood for shipbuilding and lumber industry. • New England has three types of trade: • With other colonies • With Europe • Triangular trade *

  4. Triangular trade has three stops: • In Africa, trade goods for slaves and gold • In West Indies (Caribbean), trade slaves for sugar, molasses • Take sugar, molasses, and gold back to New England • New England becomes very wealthy through trade. • Few slaves in New England; slavery not economical in the region. • Some people had house slaves; cooks, house servants, gardeners. • New England Colonies are not dependent on slavery

  5. Middle ColoniesFarms and CitiesNew York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania • Immigrants from all over Europe, Quakers • Diverse population brings new ideas, tolerance. Quakers promote equality between men and women, protest against slavery. • Religious freedom, advanced farming methods, craftsmen (ironworkers, glass makers, furniture and wagon builders. * • Hot humid summers, rich fertile soil • Long growing season • Grow large cash crops, crops sold for money, on large farms.

  6. Near the Atlantic Ocean • Excellent harbors for trade; cities develop (Philadelphia, New York) • 7% of population were slaves • Slaves did manual labor, assist craftsperson's • Slavery allowed, but the economy is not dependent on slaves.

  7. Southern ColoniesPlantations and SlaveryVirginia, Maryland, Carolinas, Georgia • English colonists seeking wealth. Supported by the English government or English companies. • Focus on gaining wealth, riches. • Religious tolerance. • Hot humid summers, rich fertile soil • Long growing season • Grow large cash crops, crops sold for money, on large plantations (self-sufficient cities). • Plantation economy causes planters to use enslaved labor (indentured servants or slaves). • Large cities rare in Southern Colonies.

  8. Slavery grows, allows plantation farming to expand. • Slave labor allows for growing labor intensive crops; rice, indigo, cotton. • Plantation owners get very rich, form and elite wealthy class. • Control political power.

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