13 Colonies: Early America Do Now: Complete the map of

the 13 colonies without your textbook or planner.

When finished answer the following question:

-Why did groups of people like the Pilgrims come to America?

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New England Colonies

•Rhode Island•Connecticut•Massachusetts•New Hampshire

The New England Colonies

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Connecticut

New England

• Climate and Physical Features–Rocky Soils–Short farming season–Bad farming conditions–Great harbors for port

• Cities like Boston

New England (Pros)

• Economic Advantage–Commercial businesses ($$$)

• Fishing• Shipping • Manufacturing (Lumber)• Shipbuilding• Factories (Textiles)

New England

• Why colonies were started?– Religious freedom– Pilgrims, Puritans fled England for

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Bay Colony: Founded in 1630Rhode Island & Connecticut: Founded in 1636New Hampshire: Founded in 1638.

Middle Colonies

•Delaware•Pennsylvania•New York•New Jersey

The Middle Colonies

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Delaware

Middle Colonies• Climate and Physical Features

–Good Soil for grain and cattle–Longer growing seasons than New

England–Ok Harbors

Middle Colonies

• Economic Advantage–Known as the “Breadbasket”

• Grew crops like wheat, corn and potatoes.

–Provided food for other colonies–Some shipping and manufacturing

Middle Colonies

• Why colonies were started–Religious Freedom (Quakers like William

Penn at Philadelphia).–Attracted many immigrants

• Make money through trade (New York and New Jersey)

Southern Colonies

• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

Southern Colonies

Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Southern Colonies

• Climate and Physical Features–Great Soil–Warm Weather/climate–Very long growing seasons–Bad harbors

Southern Colonies

• Economic Advantage–Focused on farming cash crops–Large plantation farms for tobacco,

cotton, and indigo–Almost no shipping

Southern Colonies

• Why colonies were started–Almost all were started to make money

by growing cash crops–Maryland was started for religious

freedom–Georgia (not founded until 1732)

• A place for criminals/ debtors

The Development of Democratic Ideas

How were they controlled?What advantages did settlers have?What disadvantages did settlers have?

Magna Carta-1215• 1st document to

limit power of English rulers– Kings and queens

must obey the law too!

• Major step toward constitutional government

• Where? - England

Colonial Government – 1600s

• The governor of colony represented King

• Colonists voted for members of a legislature (assembly)

Mayflower Compact - 1620

• 1st document to establish self-government, popular sovereignty and rule of law in the colonies

• Where? New England Colonies

(Massachusetts Bay Colony)

The Navigation Acts

• Idea that the colonies exist as a market for their home-country. (Supplier of goods and materials)

• All trade with other nations needs to go through the home-country.

• Series of Navigation Acts began in 1651 • All trade had to be on English or colonial ships• Products like (tobacco, sugar, indigo, cotton, etc.) could

be shipped only to England or another English colony• Certain English-made goods (gunpowder, silk) were

subsidized to undercut European competitors

Closure:What similarities can we draw?

• Why did the Colonies begin?

• How is this the same or different from today?

Reasons why the colonies began

• God – Religious Freedoms• The Puritans and the Pilgrims fled from

England to the colonies• Glory – Wanted the fame of starting a new

country• Gold – People could make lots of money in

the colonies especially on plantations