Economies of the 13 Colonies

Do Now

SWBAT recognize the economic activities of early America (agriculture, industry, service)

SWBAT explain how the type of land affected the economy in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies

Do Now question: What types of things do you get at the mall? Where do you think they came from?

Parts in an Economy

Economy: the system of creating, distributing, and using goods and services

Agriculture: growing food or farming land

Example: a farmer

Industry: creating an item to be made or used

Example: person who works at a car production factory

Service: providing help in person

Example: a hairdresser

1. Farming would be considered what part of an economy?

A. agriculture

B. service

C. industry

2. Shipbuilding would be considered what part of an economy?

A. agriculture

B. service

C. industry

3. A used car salesman (they didn’t have these back then, only today!) would be considered what part of an economy?

A. agriculture

B. service

C. industry

The 13 Colonies

The “original 13 colonies” were settled mostly by the English

Separated into 3 distinct regions:

New England

Middle

Southern

Divided by geographical, cultural and economic reasons

New England colonies

States that were

Connecticut

New Hampshire

Masachussetts

Rhode Island

(Take this time to color and label these states now)

New England Economy

These states are far north, so the growing season was short and the land was rocky not great farming

Any farming was subsistence farming

Main industries were fishing, timber, and shipbuilding

The industries led to small towns

Middle Colonies

Included the states of

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

New York

Delaware

(Fill these in!)

Middle Colonies Economy

The land was fertile (had good soil) which was used for agriculture

It was known as the “breadbasket” because it provided a lot of grain

Also industrial economy with large cities that produced iron, paper, and cloth

Southern Colonies

Included the states of

Virginia

South Carolina

North Carolina

Maryland

Georgia

(Fill these in!)

Southern Colonies Economy

Used plantations (large farm that raises cash crops) to grow tobacco, cotton, indigo (plant that produced blue dye)

-cash crops (crop that is raised to be sold for money rather than to eat)

Year round growing season

Needed a large labor force to farm on a large scale

Think, pair, share…predictions!

Which colony is most likely to use slaves?

Which colony probably had to import most of it’s food?

Which colony(s) had the largest cities?

Game…

I will give you a statement. You will go to the appropriate corner of the room that has the colony SILENTLY.

You have 5 seconds to think about it, then you will have 5 seconds to get to the appropriate spot in the room.

If you talk or are shoving, then you have to sit out and write answers on the whiteboard.

Questions on directions? Who can repeat?

Postcards

You are writing and drawing three separate postcards to a friend: one from the New England colonies, another from the Middle colonies, and a third from the Southern colonies

Write about the different economies in each region, and why they have different economies

Draw a picture using the colored pencils on the back of the postcard

Exit Ticket

Which colony would use subsistene farming?

Which colony was located furthest north?

This set of colonies grows cash crops.

Which colony had the most amount of fishing and shipbuilding?

Farming would be this type of part of the economy….

A plantation is….

What are the three main cash crops?

Which colony is known as the breatdbasket?