COLONIAL AMERICA

Jaquandra Faulk

COLONIAL AMERICA

The colonial history of the United States covers the history from the start of European settlement and especially the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain until they declared themselves independent in 1776

13 COLONIES

Virginia- Founded by London Company Massachusetts- Founded by Puritans New Hampshire- Founded by John Wheelwright Maryland- Founded by Lord Baltimore Connecticut- Founded by Thomas Hooker Rhode Island- Founded by Roger Williams Delaware- Founded by Peter Minuit North Carolina- Founded by Virginians South Carolina- Founded by Eight Nobles New Jersey- Founded by Lord Berkeley New York- Founded by Duke of York Pennsylvania- Founded by William Penn Georgia- Founded by James Edward Oglethorpe

LIVES

20% of the population in the 13 colonies was of African.

Blacks living in the Chesapeake worked on tobacco plantations and large farms.

Most blacks lived in the Chesapeake region.

LIFESTYLE

Slavery Slavery exist in every colony. The majority, but not all, of these

African Americans were slaves.

TOOLS

Colonial Americans depended on their wits, their tools and their weapons for daily survival and eventually used them to win freedom from British rule.

•Farmers used horse- and ox-drawn cultivators, plows, spiky rollers and harrows for breaking up the ground before planting.

•Colonial craftsmen and builders had a wide range of tools in their toolboxes and sheds.

•Colonial Americans protected their homes and put meat on the tables with their guns. One of the most popular was a fowling piece that could be loaded with small lead balls for birds and small game or large balls for deer and large game.

•Militia regulations required members to own at least one firearm and one bladed weapon such as a sword, hatchet or bayonet.

LIVESTOCK

•Remnant groups of many historic livestock breeds face new obstacles as modern agriculture favors “improved” breeds.

•The variety of food crops and livestock usually kept slaves busy throughout the year.

RELIGION

In the early years of what later became the United States, Christian religious groups played an influential role in

each of the British colonies, and most attempted to enforce strict religious

observance through both colony governments and local town rules.

PICTORIAL

SOURCES

http://www.history.org/almanack/people/african/aaintro.cfm

http://www.ehow.com/info_7966432_tools-weapons-colonial-americans.html#ixzz2gUgAFbtj

http://thebizzellsfamily.blogspot.com/2010/03/living-conditions-in-colonial-america.html

http://nobigotry.facinghistory.org/content/religion-colonial-america-trends-regulations-and-beliefs

http://www.grit.com/animals/american-livestock-breeds-from-colonial-times.aspx#ixzz2gm9mdYkz