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13 Colonies

13 Colonies. Forming of America. 13 Colonies . New England Massachusetts (includes present day Maine) Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire Middle Colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia.

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13 Colonies

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  1. 13 Colonies Forming of America

  2. 13 Colonies • New England • Massachusetts (includes present day Maine) • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New Hampshire • Middle Colonies • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware • Southern Colonies • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia

  3. Why did they come? • Religious Freedom. • Some sold everything. • Some had enough and some. • Some were kidnapped. • Some became servants for the chance. • Promise of cheap land. • Greater Opportunity to earn a living. • Immigrants wrote home to their families about America. • Encouraged everyone to come over.

  4. Servants and Slaves • Indentured Servants • Price of their voyage was paid off through working in America. • Once they paid their debt they became free. • 4 out of 5 in Virginia and Maryland • Slaves • Plantations • Need a lot of work • Slave Trade • Business of buying or selling people. • Slaves were bought by wealthy plantation owners to work on the plantations.

  5. Slave Trade • 1 out of 7 (1/7) died during the voyage. • Packed very tight in a ships • To increase profit.

  6. Colonial Economy Who doesn’t love money?

  7. 13 Colony Economy Overview • England tried to take control with laws. • Exports can only be shipped to England • Goods leaving a country • Imported • Cloth • Metal tools • Glass • Machines • Although England tried to control the Colonies they found a way to rebel.

  8. Southern Colonies • Great for Growing Crops • Climate • Hot and Humid • Good Soil • Cash Crops(their exports to England) • Tobacco • Rice • Indigo • Blue Dye • Jobs • Plantation Owners • Overseer • In charge of the slaves • Slaves • Shopkeepers

  9. Middle Colonies • Breadbasket of the Colonies • Farmed • Corn • Wheat • Sold Surplus to England and West Indies • West Indies • Original location where Columbus landed • Needed to import for the slaves • Used all available land to grow Sugar Cane • Jobs: • Farmers • Fishermen • Shop keepers

  10. New England • Rocky Soil • Barely able to grow food for themselves. • Used forests and Sea • Jobs: • Ship builders • Fishermen • Shipbuilding • England’s ships were too expensive. • Needed boats to fish. • Used forests for their trees. • Great craftsmen's ship England began buying their ships.

  11. New England Colonies • Fishing Industry • Fish • Whales • Exported their fish to • Spain • Portugal • West Indies • Fishing and Ship building created other industries: • Rope Makers • Sail Makers • And others that had skills to make other materials and equipment • Boston became a large trading City and Port.

  12. Triangular Trade Route • 1st leg • Boston or New York • Sailed to Europe • Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, Tobacco, Iron Goods, rum, guns. • 2nd leg • Europe to Africa • Posts, pans, horses, rum, guns.

  13. Triangular Trade Route • 3rd Leg *Middle Passage* • Africa to West Indies and the 13 Colonies. • African slaves. • Lasted 6 to 8 weeks. • Traded for Molasses to help make rum. • All Port cities made a lot of money from the Triangular Trade.

  14. Why does it matter? • Jobs for the 13 • Farming • Fishing • Trading • In the cities there were: • Blacksmiths • Carpenters • As the colonies grew…. • Depended less on imports from Europe. • 1700’s there was a free enterprise economy. • People can start any business they want • Colonists begin to get uneasy with Europe.

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