The Southern and Middle Colonies

Due to the location of New England there were a number of

major differences with the Chesapeake Main labor source was family Farms were modest in size and diverse Social hierarchy was not as drastic Towns offered a variety of social/cultural/religious opportunities New Englanders were healthier

Religion also played a major part in the life of New Englanders There were typically more clergymen in New England than any

other region Early focus was on excluding people outside of the Puritan faith

from the region

Life in New England

Life Cont.

Other than Farming small industry and fishing dominated commerce in the early Colonial period These industries were initially

shunned by the Puritans but eventually others expanded

Due to this expansion non-puritan dominated seaports along the coast

By the end of the 17th century New England had become a major economic region in the Empire

Due to their growing economic importance New England came under attack by the Crown

The New England colonies had a problematic

relationship with the local natives The native Americans came to rely on the consumer

goods of European states Europeans took advantage of weakened disconnected

native peoples During the 1620’s and 30’s we see Colonists set up

“Praying Towns” near traditional home areas First major conflict was the Pequot War in 1636 and

ended with a slaughter of the Pequot Set the stage for problematic relations with other Native

groups

Relations with Native Americans

King Phillip’s War

In the 1675 the colonists pushed a Wampanoag Chief Metacom, aka King Phillip, to the edge The New English provoked

Metacom by capturing and executing three Wampanoag warriors

Wampanoag’s began to target isolated colonial homestead and outposts using Pequot’s War as an example

The Wampanoag also took advantage of the Flintlocks they had acquired

The New English lacked the ability fight Metacom’s men without other native groups

King Phillip Cont.

The New English reached out to the Pequot, Mohegan, and Praying town Natives for help

During the spring and Summer of 1676 the allies helped turn the tide of the war The New English abandoned

traditional European military tactics for Native tactics

The Wampanoag's also began to run out of supplies during this time and suffered

As a result the Native resistance fell apart especially when Metacom was killed in August

The war devastated both the New English as well as the Natives and the New English punished the Natives for their losses

During the 1670’s the West Indian planters formed a

new colony in the South This territory included parts of modern day

North/South Carolina and Georgia The West Indian island of Barbados supplied the first

colonists to the region They founded Charles Town in 1670 on the coast

The Lord Proprietor did all they could to stimulate immigration

The Lords eventually split Carolina into North and South in 1691 AD administratively and officially in 1712

Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina began to adopt the slave society of Barbados from almost the beginning

Slave labor dominated the states population for much of the colonial period

Early crop production was varied with the state having the most diverse exports of any colony

Rice production took hold in the state in the late 1690’s thanks to the subtropical climate

Rice production allowed for a dramatic increase in slave population

English Charter was issued in 1732 AD and was

supposed to be very different from other colonies Georgia became the first colony which was funded by

Parliament Georgia Trustees banned slavery in 1734 due to

colonial goals They were driven by both military security and its

founding principles Due to the inability of the settlers to produce goods

Slavery was allowed in the 1640’s Slavery was limited to low country Georgia and was

dominated by Rice

Georgia