XXI Impact of Geography

• A Geography was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies
  
• B Most early settlements were developed along the Atlantic ocean ports and rivers for easier trade and travel
  
• C The Appalachian Mountains acted as a natural western boundary for the colonies 

IX Slavery

• A Slaves were the lowest social group in the colonies
• B Slaves and free blacks had no political rights they could not vote, run for office, or even join the army
  
• ​C Slavery in the new world began in the West Indies when labor was needed on sugar plantations
  

XX Middle Colonies Economics​

• ​A Trade main money maker
  
• B Central Location good for trade
  

XIX Delaware

• A 1704 split off Pennsylvania
• B Religious Freedom (God)
  

XVIII Pennsylvania

• A 1681
• ​B Quakers
  
• C William Penn
  
• D Limit the power of the government with Colonial Legislature
  
• ​E Religious Freedom (God)
  

XVII New Jersey

• A 1664 split from New York
• B Trade (Gold)
  

XVI New York

• A Established as New Amsterdam by the Netherlands for trade
• ​B Taken over by the English, Duke of York, in 1664
  
• ​C Trade = Economic (Gold)
  

XV Middle Colonies

• A The four colonies located between the Southern and New England colonies
• B Mix of the other two sections
  

• B only ​Subsistence Farming
  

• C ​Lumber, fishing, and ship building

XIV New England Economics

• A Farming bad: rocky soil long winters

XIII Rhode Island

• A 1636
  
• B Roger Williams
• ​C End interference of the state in church affairs
  
• D Religious freedom (God)
  
• ​E Cooperate with Natives
  

XII New Hampshire

• A 1623​​
• ​B Puritans Religious Freedom (God)
  
• ​C Economics fishing and farming (Gold)
  

XI Massachusetts

• A 1620
  
• B Pilgrims
  
• C later Puritans
• D Religious freedom (God)
• ​E Anne Hutchinson Women's rights leader in MA who challenged the authority of men
  

X New England Colonies

• A The four northern most colonies
• B Founded mainly for religious reasons (God)
  
• C Settled mostly by Puritans
  
• ​D Great Awakening led to growth in church membership
  

Naval Stores?

What the heck are those?  Places to buy bouys and anchors?

​Naval Stores are all products made from pine sap.  These pine sap products are used to make soap, paint, polish, lubricants, and turpentine.

​Naval Stores got their name because they originally were only pine sap resin products used to manufacture wooden ships in colonial times.

VIII Southern Economics

• A Perfect for farming: fertile soil, long growing season, plenty of rain
• B Economy based on plantation farms growing cash crops
• C Major crops: tobacco, rice, indigo
  
• D Slaves: lots of them working plantations
• E Slavery led to the development of an AGRARIAN economy based on plantation farming

VII Georgia

• A 1732
• B James Oglethorpe
  
• C Economic - Farming (Gold)
• D Refuge for Debtors
  
• ​E Buffer to Spanish FL
  

VI North and South Carolina

• A 1663, 1712 (NC Splits off)
• B Economic - Farming (Gold)
  
• ​C Eliza Luca Pinckney SC Creates economic success with Indigo
  

V Maryland

• A 1632​​
  
• B Lord Baltimore
  
• ​C Religious Freedom for Roman Catholics (God)
  

IV Virginia

• A 1607 (Jamestown)
• B Virginia Company
  
• C Economic - Tobacco​​ (Gold)

III The Southern Colonies

• A 5 southern most colonies
• ​B Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
  
• C Settled mainly for economic reasons (Gold)
  

II Reasons for Settling

• ​A Gold - Economic: to make money
• B God - Religious: religious freedom
  

I The 13 English Colonies

• A ​Over 125 years England develops 13 colonies along the Atlantic Coast of North America
• ​B The 13 colonies are divided into 3 sections;
  

          New England 

          Middle

          Southern Colonies

The 13 Colonies