Colonies 5th grade

The 4 New England Colonies

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut

The 5 Southern Colonies

Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, George

The 4 Mid-Atlantic Colonies

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Triangular Trade Routes

Sea route connecting England, the English colonies and west coast of Africa.

Number of English colonies by the 1750's

13

Indigo

An important cash crop in the south that makes a blue dye for clothing.

Important New England port city.

Boston

New England's economy was based on these industries.

Fishing, Trading, Shipbuilding

Profitable cash crops grown on southern plantations

Rice, indigo, Tobacco

This made farming more difficult in the New England colonies.

Rocky soil, Hilly Terrain

Places for trade in the Mid-Atlantic colonies.

Market Towns

Settle by English debtors.

Georgia

These colonies welcomed people of different religions.

Mid-Atlantic Colonies

The largest and wealthiest colonial city during the 1700's. Diverse population and many religions. Busy seaport.

Philadelphia

Religious separatists who want to make their towns into models of pure Christian living.

Puritans

Puritans settled here

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Pilgrims settled here

Plymouth

A green in the village center, usually with a church meetinghouse at one end.

New England Village Common

Settled first by Dutch and called New Netherland.

New York

TOwnspeople gathered and men with property voted on laws.

New England Town Meeting

Colony settled by William Penn and Quakers, who wanted religious freedom.

Pennsylvania

New England Economy

-Fishing, shipbuilding idustry and naval supplies, trade and port cities.
-Skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers.

Mid-Atlantic Economy

-Livestock and grain, trading
-Unskilled and skilled workers and fishermen

Southern Ecocomy

- Large farms-plantations, cash crops, wood products, small farms.
-Slavery

New England Social Life

- Village and church as center of life.
-Religious reformers and separatists.

Mid-atlantic Social Life

-Villages and cities
-Varied and diverse lifestyles
-Diverse religions

Southern Social Life

-Plantations (slavery), mansions, indentured servants, few cities, few schools
-Church of England

New England Political and Civic Life

-Town Meetings

Mid-Atlantic Political and Civic Life

-Market Towns

Southern Political and Civic Life

-Counties

Large Landowners

-Lived predominately in the South
-Relied on indentured servants and/or slaves for labor
-Had rich social culture

Farmers

-Worked the land according to the region
-Relied on family members for labor

Artisans

-Worked as craftsment in towns and on the plantations
-Lived in small villages and cities

Women

-Worked as caretakers, house-workers, homemakers
-Could not vote
-Had few chances for an education

Indentured servants

-Consisted of men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage
-Were free at the end of their contract

Slaves

-Were captured in thie native Africa and sold to slave traders, then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery
-Were owned as property for life with no rights
-Were often born into slavery (Children of slaves were born into slavery)

Economic relationship between England and the colonies

-England imposed strict control over trade.
-England taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War.
-Colonies traded raw materials for goods.

Political relationship between England and the colonies

-Colonists had to obey English laws that were enforced by governors.
-Colonial governors were appointed by the king or by the proprietor.
-Colonial legislatures made laws for each colony and were monitored by colonial governors.