Post on 23-Dec-2014
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The Thirteen Colonies
By Emily Lacy
The New England Colonies
• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Connecticut• Rhode Island
New England Colonies Religion
The people who settled in the New England Colonies were on a religious journey because they were not happy with the Church of England.• They arrived with their families.• The Pilgrims settled in Massachusetts 1620 in
search of religious freedom.• The Puritans settled in Massachusetts in 1630
and were a very strict religious discipline.
New England Colonies Expansion
Rhode Island was founded by Puritans who thought Massachusetts was too strictConnecticut was founded by Puritans who thought Massachusetts was not strict enoughNew Hampshire was founded by adventurers looking for religious freedom
New England ColoniesEconomy
• Farming was predominantly for personal use.• Trades consisted of fishing, shipbuilding,
lumbering and the fur trade. • The Puritans and Pilgrims made their own
clothes and shoes.• Boston was the major port.• They were very self sufficient.
New England ColoniesTriangular Trade
Triangular Trade for the New England Colonies:• New England Colonies produced rum• Rum shipped to Africa to be traded for slaves• Slaves sent to West Indies and traded for
molasses and sugar• Molasses and sugar sent to New England to
make rum
Middle Colonies
• New York• New Jersey• Pennsylvania• Delaware
Middle ColoniesReligion
The middle colonies had a variety of religions including:
QuakersMennonitesLutheransDutch CalvinistsPresbyterians
Middle ColoniesPeople
• Many people did not bring their families• Most socially and politically diverse • Settled in the Middle Colonies to practice their
own religion• Quakers settled in this area • Quakers are against war and violence
Middle ColoniesEconomy
• Economically diverse• Excellent farm land for growing grain and
raising livestock• Industry very important– Factories in Maryland made iron– Factories in Pennsylvania made paper and textiles
Southern Colonies
• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia
Southern ColoniesPeople
• The people who settled in this area wanted to make money
• They brought their families with them and they lived together on plantations
Southern ColoniesPlantations
Plantations were popular in the southern colonies. These plantations were extremely large and were very similar to small villages. They typically consisted of the main home, kitchen, servant/slave quarters, basically everything required to be self-sufficient within the plantation.
Southern ColoniesSlaves
Cash crops included tobacco, corn, rice and indigo and they required lots of people to harvest the crops. The southern colonies relied on servants and slaves to work on the plantations. The southern colonies had the largest number of slaves. Slavery played an important role in dividing the Carolinas into North and South in 1729.
Southern ColoniesTriangular Trade
The triangular trade route helped the Southern Colonies obtain slaves. Great Britain would trade textiles and manufactured goods to Africa. In turn, Africa would trade slaves to the colonies. The slaves were transported by ship in horrific conditions. Once the slaves were offloaded in America, the ships were reloaded with molasses, rum, sugar or tobacco and traded to Great Britain to start the triangle all over again.
The Great Awakening
Many people in the colonies lived too far from churches and the Great Awakening brought religious revivals closer to them. These revivals contained preachings from the bible. Two of the best known revival preachers were John Edwards and George Whitefield. The Great Awakening increased church membership.
Enlightenment Thinking
Enlightenment encouraged reasonable and logical thinking. Benjamin Franklin was an enlightened individual who was intelligent and created several inventions. This time of enlightenment increased education and established public libraries.