The Thirteen ColoniesBy: Daniel Wood

New England Colonies The New England Colonies consists of Rhode

Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

New England Colonies The New England Colonies mainly were

subsistence farming and fishing communities. Although economic success was still a goal of the New England settlers, their true goal was spiritual.

New England Colonies The colonists here were largely independent,

they grew much of their own food, but if the food wasn’t grown there, they did take imports from England.

New England ColoniesUnlike southern colonies, which could

produce tobacco, rice, and indigo, New England's colonies could not offer much to England beyond fish, furs, and naval stores. The New Englanders however, built a thriving mercantile network and a highly successful shipbuilding system

New England ColoniesThe New England Colonies were not entirely

independent. They relied on British and European imports for glass, linens, hardware, machinery, navigational tools, paint, and everyday items.

Middle Colonies Included: DelawarePennsylvania New YorkNew Jersey

Middle ColoniesWhen the Middle Colonies came to be, the

founders were looking for one of two things: religious freedom or to make their own money.

Middle ColoniesThe Middle Colonies were part agriculture

and part industrial. The middle colonies had fertile lands which were generally acquired more easily than in New England or the South.

Middle ColoniesThe Middle colonies had many religions,

unlike the New England colonies. Religions in the Middle Colonies consisted of Quakers, Mennonites, Lutherans, Dutch Calvanists, and Presbyterians.

Middle ColoniesThe Middle Colonies were literally located in

the middle of the other colonies. In a sense, the Middle Colonies were the center of ideas in Colonial America.

Southern Colonies Included:MarylandSouth CarolinaNorth CarolinaVirginiaGeorgia

Southern ColoniesThe Southern Colonies had one main

intention: to make money. Colonists’ families did come along, and were kept together on plantations.

Southern ColoniesThe Southern Colonies were literally almost

entirely agricultural. The main part of their agriculture was plantations, where many slaves worked.

Southern ColoniesThe life expectancies in the Southern

Colonies were lower than their counterparts. Outbreaks of malaria and yellow fever were much more common here.

Southern ColoniesThese colonies had growing cash crops,

which made work necessary by slaves/ indentured servants.

EffectsThe Great Awakening led to brand new ways

of thinking when it came to religion among the colonies.

EffectsTriangular trade was the trade between

Africa, England, and the Americas. This connection helped vastly in the development of the colonial Americas/ government. Whatever was not already in the Americas could be imported in. Trade fell into three categories: raw materials and natural resources from the Americas, slaves from Africa, and manufactured products from England.

EffectsEnlightenment thinking had an effect on the

development of the colonial governments. Certain concepts such as freedom from oppression, natural rights, and new ways of thinking about governmental structure came straight from Enlightenment philosophers. One major thing that was a result of Enlightenment thinking was the creation of the Declaration of Independence.