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.