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Thirteen Original Colonies
Lacie Blankenship
New England Colonies
1. Connecticut
2. Massachusetts
3. New Hampshire
4. Rhode Island
New England Colonies
• Some people came to New England to
make money while the majority were
pilgrims who were looking for religious
freedom
• Those who came to make money
benefitted from the subsistence farming
and fishing communities
New England Colonies
• The people who settled there made
their own clothes/shoes and grew the
majority of their food. What food
they did not grow on their own was
imported from England
New England Colonies
• Boston (Massachusetts) was the
major port of New England.
Shipbuilding was popular because of
the large easily navigated ports of
Boston
New England Colonies
• Mercantilism: the idea that a nation
should export more than it imports and
how well this balance is kept determines a
nation’s wealth and power
• The idea of mercantilism was brought
about as the New England Colonies
developed
Middle Colonies
1. Delaware
2. New Jersey
3. New York
4. Pennsylvania
Middle Colonies
• People came to the Middle Colonies
looking to practice their own religion
(mostly Pennsylvania) or to make
money
Middle Colonies
• The Middle Colonies were the most
diverse in terms of economics,
culture, ect.
Middle Colonies
• The Middle Colonies were part
agricultural and part industrial. The
colonies grew grains and produced
iron, paper and textiles. The trade
within the Middle Colonies was
successful.
Middle Colonies
• The Middle Colonies appealed to
Quakers (religious group against
violence/war) because of it’s fertile
soil and religious toleration
Southern Colonies
1. Georgia
2. Maryland
3. North Carolina
4. South Carolina
5. Virginia
Southern Colonies
• People came to the Southern
Colonies to make money
Southern Colonies
• The Southern Colonies relied mainly
on agriculture. Families lived on big
plantations and grew crash crops.
• A cash crop is a crop grown to make
money (cash) off of
Southern Colonies
• Slaves would live on the plantations
of their owners and work for them
• The topic of slavery is what split the
Carolinas into North and South
Carolina (1729)
Southern Colonies
• James Oglethorpe established the
colony known as Georgia which was
were debtors could go and eventually
pay off their debts to who they owe
without having to go to prison
Effects of Triangular Trade
In Africa:
• Depopulation- Africans were taken and used as
slaves, slaves were killed, wars broke out
• Fall in the economy- workers were taken as
slaves, trade was changed
• Violence- slaves were abused, kidnapped and
killed, slave trade, wars
Effects of Triangular Trade
In America:
• Change in everyday life and culture- slaves
were used to accomplish daily activities, African culture
spread
• Slaves- slaves were brought on a ship to serve the
people
• Change in the economy- plantations, money in
exchange for exports
Effects of Triangular Trade
In Europe:
• Change in the economy- new goods were
brought in,
• Struggle for power- colonies were developing
in the Americas
• Change in culture- different ideas were
spread
Effects of the Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was the religious reform in the
American Colonies. Christians began to turn away from
the way of the churches and changed the way they
worshiped. The Awakening is said to help people express
how they feel in ties to having a greater relationship with
God. The Awakening prepared America’s mindset for
independence and revolutions. The Awakening proved
that religious practices and power was up to each
individual’s preference or each religion.
Effects of Enlightenment thinking on the development of the
colonial governmentThe Enlightenment encouraged
individuals to branch out and to take a
stand for their beliefs. The effect of
this is that the colonial government
develops into a democracy- a
government for the people.