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Why do colonies exist?
• To make money for the parent country
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New England: Types of Settlers
New England: Types of Settlers
• English Puritans• Subsistence
Farmers (grow just enough crops for their families)
New England: Major Towns
New England: Major Towns
• Built around a commons
• Boston• Plymouth• Newport
New England: Major Economic Activities
New England: Major Economic Activities
New England: Major Economic Activities
• Small farms• Merchants• Boat building• Whaling• Lumber
New England: Roles of Women
New England: Roles of Women
• Large families• Household/Farm
chores
New England: Roles of African Americans
New England: Roles of African Americans
• More free African Americans than other regions
• Could own land• Craftsmen and
Artisans
New England: Educational Opportunities
New England: Educational Opportunities
• Boys and girls went to school
• It was important that everybody was able to read the Bible
• Harvard- 1636
New England: Religious Groups
• Henry VIII– Church of England
• Dissention
Puritans
Separatists
New England: Religious Groups
• American History: Colonial America. Discovery Channel School. 2006.unitedstreaming. 17 September 2006
<http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>
• Puritans
• Very strict
• Gloomy
• Superstitious
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The South: Types of Settlers
The South: Types of Settlers
• Wealthy aristocrats
• Plantation owners• Small farmers• Enslaved African
Americans
The South: Major Towns
The South: Major Towns
• Seaports• Trade Centers• Plantations were
self-sufficient• Savannah• Charlestown
The South: Major Economic Activities
The South: Major Economic Activities
• Plantations:– Rice– Tobacco– Indigo
• SLAVERY• Small farms• Few crafts or
industry
The South: Religious Groups
The South: Religious Groups
• Less important and powerful than NE
• Church of England• Catholics
(Maryland)
The South
The South: Roles of Women
The South: Roles of Women
• Helped manage plantations
• Supervised house slaves
The South: Roles of African Americans
The South: Roles of African Americans
• Harshly treated
• No education/religious opportunities
• Lived in extreme poverty
• SLAVES
The South: Educational Opportunities
The South: Educational Opportunities
• Planters sons taught at home by tutors
• Education of girls limited to the arts and music
• College of William and Mary
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Reflection Question
Why would Mrs. Chaussee choose this activity using coffee filters and food coloring to describe life in the Middle Colonies?
Middle Colonies: Type of Settlers
• Founded by William Penn– Quaker– Purchased land
from Native Americans at a fair price
• Germans• French Hugenots• Swedes
Middle Colonies: Type of Settlers
• Founded by William Penn– Quaker– Purchased land
from Native Americans at a fair price
• Germans• French Hugenots• Swedes
Diversity - Variety within a group
Tolerance - Acceptance of differences
Middle Colonies: Geography and Climate
• Good soil• Flat land• Long, swift-
flowing rivers– Wide valleys
• Growing season– Longer than NE– Shorter than
South
Middle Colonies: Major Towns
• New York City• Philadelphia
What businesses could be found in colonial Philadelphia?
Middle Colonies: Major Economic Activities
• Farming– “Breadbasket of
the colonies”• Grains: wheat,
barley, corn
• Livestock• Iron Ore
Middle Colonies: Religious Group
• Quakers• Catholics• Jews• Protestants
Middle Colonies: Religious Group
• Quakers• Catholics• Jews• Protestants
Middle Colonies: Roles of women
• Similar to New England
• Some women worked in manufacturing
Middle Colonies: Roles of African Americans
• Fewer slaves than in the South
• Quakers starting to abolish slavery in the 1600’s– Started
Underground Railroad (1780’s)
Middle Colonies: Education
• Fewer schools than in New England
• More schools than in the South
• Run by religious groups– Princeton
• Quakers allowed girls to pursue higher education
