Development of a Colonial Identity New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.

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Development of a Colonial Identity New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

Transcript of Development of a Colonial Identity New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.

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Development of a Colonial Identity

New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

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New England Colonies

• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Connecticut• Rhode Island

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Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Why did the Pilgrims migrate to America?

• The Pilgrims migrated to North America to escape religious persecution

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Plymouth, Massachusetts

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New England Colonies

EnvironmentHarsh WintersGood HarborsFishingWhaling TradeJagged CoastlinesRocky Soil

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New EnglandColonies

• Puritans who lives centered around the church

• Religious freedom vs

Religious toleration

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New England Colonies

• New England Villages• Skilled Craftsmen• Shopkeepers

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Middle Colonies

• New York• Pennsylvania• New Jersey• Delaware

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Middle Colonies

• Quakers who believed in a simple lifestyle and that all people are EQUAL

• They refused to bow before the King, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England

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Middle Colonies

• Quakers• Religious diversity-

there were many different religions in the Middle Colonies

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Pennsylvania

• William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania believed in religious freedom.

• William Penn was a Quaker

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Middle Colonies

• Market towns• Villages and towns• Skilled and unskilled

workers• Fishermen

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Middle Colonies

• Moderate climate• Coastal lowlands• Wide and deep rivers• Rich farmland• Grain farming• Livestock raising

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New Jersey Penny

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Southern Colonies

• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

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Southern Colonies Region

• Long growing season• Cash crops• Plantations• Small farms• Humid climate

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Southern Colonies

• Good harbors and rivers made it easy to export their cash crops.

• The cash crops in the early Southern Colonies was rice, indigo, and tobacco.

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Jamestown, Virginia 1607

• In 1607, a group of wealthy English gentlemen merchants formed the Virginia Company. There goal was an economic venture designed to find goal in the new land.

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Southern way of life

• Church of England• Few Schools• Few Cities

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Plantation Agriculture

Slave labor

Indentured servants

Large cash crops

Mansions

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Southern Lifestyle

• Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

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Slavery in the South

• Plantation owners relied on slaves and indentured servants to sow and harvest their fields.