The Settling Of America By The British THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
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Transcript of The Settling Of America By The British THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
REASONS FOR COMING TO THE USA.
• Some people didn’t like the Church of England.
• They wanted the Church to be more pure. These people were called Puritans.
• They decided to start a colony in the Northeast part of the USA.
SETTLING IN MASSACHUSETTS
• John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans.
• Massachusetts was settled near the great hill in Algonkian.
• The colony’s first settlement was Boston along the Charles River.
TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION
• WHY DO YOU THINK THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE ANY OTHER PART OF THE MODERN-DAY UNITED STATES?
• PREDICT WHAT PROBLEMS THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WOULD HAVE HAD.
COLONIAL LIFE• Massachusetts and
Connecticut had laws, 50 families = 1 teacher and 1 school.
• These schools were for writing and reading only.
SCHOOLS
• Boys went to grammar schools while girls went to dame school.
• Students learned with slate and chalk.
• School teachers were strict and were allowed to hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat.
THOMAS HOOKER
• He left Massachusetts to live in Connecticut because he didn’t like the way the Puritans lived.
• IN 1639,Connecticut had the FIRST WRITTEN LAWS IN NORTH AMERICA.
ROGER WILLIAMS
• Roger Williams believed you should tolerate other people’s beliefs in God.
• He left Massachusetts and started a colony, Providence.
ANNE HUTCHINSON
• Anne Hutchinson was a woman who believed you could go directly to God so you could pray to God without going through a priest.
• She moved to Providence with Roger Williams and started the Rhode Island Colony.
MIDDLE COLONIES
The Middle colonies included:
New York (NY) , New Jersey (NJ) , Delaware (DE), and Pennsylvania (PA).
Picture Credit:
NY
NJ
DE
PA
CLIMATE OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES
• Good farming land (grains) Livestock, rivers and hills.
• Good Harbors allowed for trade of goods.
GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES
• People came from Germany, Scotland & Ireland.
Quakers (plain living,
peaceful, against slavery and dancing)
Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch, skilled workers and loved music).
Scotch-Irish farmed and hunted.
TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION
• DO YOU THINK THE MIDDLE COLONIES WERE MORE PEACEFUL THAN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES? EXPLAIN.
• PREDICT WHY SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE WENT TO THE MIDDLE COLONIES FROM OTHER LANDS.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MIDDLE COLONIES
• -Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The farmers raised a surplus so they could sell.
• -Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle & Conestoga wagon.
WILLIAM PENN
• Developed the Pennsylvania territory and made it a place for religious freedom.
• Originally was a part of the Quakers when they came to America.
SOUTHERN COLONIES
• The Southern Colonies included: Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), and Georgia (GA).
MD
VA
NC
SC
GA
SOUTHERN COLONIES CLIMATE
• Great soil for growing crops all year long.
• Coastal plains, swamps, forests, harbors allowed for good trading..
TABLE GROUP DISCUSSION
• WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THE SOUTHERN COLONIES HAVE OVER OTHER COLONIES OF THE BRITISH IN THE AMERICAS?
• EXPLAIN WHY SLAVERY WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES AND NOT IN THE OTHER COLONIES OF THE BRITISH IN THE AMERICAS.
PEOPLE GROUPS
• Maryland was a safe place for Roman Catholics.
• South Carolina settled by French.
• Georgia founded by Oglethorpe for new start for debtors in England.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SOUTHERN COLONIES
• Planters’ duties to see that crops were planted, records kept, took care of everyone.
• Slavery was necessary for Southern plantation.
• The cash crop for Virginia was Tobacco.