New England - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Middle - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Southern - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
New England colonies
Settled for religious freedom
Rocky soil, long winters
Harvested: fur, fish, whale, trees
Because they didn't have fertile soil, they developed manufacturing
Middle colonies
Settled for religious reasons and to make money
Lots of different ethic groups (English, Germans, Dutch, Scots Irish)
known as the "Bread Basket"
mild climate
rich soil
iron, paper, textiles
Southern colonies
Settled to make money
Settlers brought their families with them
Slavery began in 1619
rich soil
long growing season
mild climate
tobacco, agriculture, fish forests
Backcountry - Appalachian Mountains
Settled by Scots-Irish
Clanish - only trusted their family members
Maryland
1st proprietary colony
proprietary - King gave charters of land to rich friends
1634 - 200 colonists arrived
by late 1600's more Protestants than Catholics
1649 - Intolerant Act: granted freedom of worship to all people who believed in J.C.
Power shifted from Catholics to Protestants
Soil & climate ideal for farming
Maine & New Hampshire
1622 - area given to English citizens who later became proprietors
natural resources: lumber, tar, pitch, resin
1680 changed to a royal colony (1st royal colony in N.A.) - ruled by the king
Later Colonies
Civil War in England - 1642
King Charles I executed - Parliament took over
Oliver Cromwell - a Puritan who ruled for 11 yrs.
No king - no colonies formed
1658 Cromwell died
Charles II was appointed King
The Carolina Grant
Charles II granted 8 nobles land in America
S VA - N FL
Northern Carolina settled mostly by people from VA
1693 - rice became important - needed more slaves
tobacco became the main crop
Charleston (SC) became an active trading place with other colonies
S..C. Became a royal colony in 1719 broke away from proprietors
1729 N.C. became a royal colony
New York and New Jersey
Charles II gave brother the Duke of York the area from S. Connecticut to MA
Believing the fighting was useless the Dutch let the English take over.
Changed New Amsterdam to New York in honor of the Duke
Between the Hudson and Delaware rivers the King gave NJ to two friends
Pennsylvania
1681 - 17 yrs. after NY and NJ - the colony of Pa was charted
Given to William Penn - Quaker
refused to pay taxes
Didn't approve of war
Quakers - Persecuted for their religion
Charles II - owed Penn's father - gave William Penn area W of Delaware River
within 8 yrs. Lots of settlers (11,000) with lots of religions (Catholics, Huguenots, Baptists, Calvinists, Lutherans) settled in PA
Philadelphia - PA's main city - by 1750 busiest city in English colony
Delaware
1682 - Penn got a grant from the Duke of York - wanted outlet to ocean
DE governed by the leaders of PA for almost 20 yrs.
1701 - they elected their own representative assembly
after 1701 DE & PA, separate, but shared a governor
Georgia
last English colony - est. 50 yrs. after PA
James Oglethorpe, wanted to create a refuge for people who were in English prisons because they could not pay their debts
1732 - George II granted Oglethorpe a charter for the land between the Savannah River and the FL border
colony named Georgia after the king
colony grew slowly
Some debtors refused to work and ran away
People spent much time fighting the Spainards.
1752 - the king took over and GA became a royal colony
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Triangle Trade
THE 13 COLONIES
New England - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Middle - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Southern - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
New England colonies
Settled for religious freedom
Rocky soil, long winters
Harvested: fur, fish, whale, trees
Because they didn't have fertile soil, they developed manufacturing
Middle colonies
Settled for religious reasons and to make money
Lots of different ethic groups (English, Germans, Dutch, Scots Irish)
known as the "Bread Basket"
mild climate
rich soil
iron, paper, textiles
Southern colonies
Settled to make money
Settlers brought their families with them
Slavery began in 1619
rich soil
long growing season
mild climate
tobacco, agriculture, fish forests
Backcountry - Appalachian Mountains
Settled by Scots-Irish
Clanish - only trusted their family members
Maryland
1st proprietary colony
proprietary - King gave charters of land to rich friends
1634 - 200 colonists arrived
by late 1600's more Protestants than Catholics
1649 - Intolerant Act: granted freedom of worship to all people who believed in J.C.
Power shifted from Catholics to Protestants
Soil & climate ideal for farming
Maine & New Hampshire
1622 - area given to English citizens who later became proprietors
natural resources: lumber, tar, pitch, resin
1680 changed to a royal colony (1st royal colony in N.A.) - ruled by the king
Later Colonies
Civil War in England - 1642
King Charles I executed - Parliament took over
Oliver Cromwell - a Puritan who ruled for 11 yrs.
No king - no colonies formed
1658 Cromwell died
Charles II was appointed King
The Carolina Grant
Charles II granted 8 nobles land in America
S VA - N FL
Northern Carolina settled mostly by people from VA
1693 - rice became important - needed more slaves
tobacco became the main crop
Charleston (SC) became an active trading place with other colonies
S..C. Became a royal colony in 1719 broke away from proprietors
1729 N.C. became a royal colony
New York and New Jersey
Charles II gave brother the Duke of York the area from S. Connecticut to MA
Believing the fighting was useless the Dutch let the English take over.
Changed New Amsterdam to New York in honor of the Duke
Between the Hudson and Delaware rivers the King gave NJ to two friends
Pennsylvania
1681 - 17 yrs. after NY and NJ - the colony of Pa was charted
Given to William Penn - Quaker
refused to pay taxes
Didn't approve of war
Quakers - Persecuted for their religion
Charles II - owed Penn's father - gave William Penn area W of Delaware River
within 8 yrs. Lots of settlers (11,000) with lots of religions (Catholics, Huguenots, Baptists, Calvinists, Lutherans) settled in PA
Philadelphia - PA's main city - by 1750 busiest city in English colony
Delaware
1682 - Penn got a grant from the Duke of York - wanted outlet to ocean
DE governed by the leaders of PA for almost 20 yrs.
1701 - they elected their own representative assembly
after 1701 DE & PA, separate, but shared a governor
Georgia
last English colony - est. 50 yrs. after PA
James Oglethorpe, wanted to create a refuge for people who were in English prisons because they could not pay their debts
1732 - George II granted Oglethorpe a charter for the land between the Savannah River and the FL border
colony named Georgia after the king
colony grew slowly
Some debtors refused to work and ran away
People spent much time fighting the Spainards.
1752 - the king took over and GA became a royal colony