STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

-identify the original 13 colonies and label them according to region and

production-locate the original 13 colonies on a map-analyze the founding of the original 13 colonies and the motives for their establishment-evaluate a picture or document using OPTIC and WASSUP

“ A body of people living

in a new territory but

retaining ties with the parent state

or the territory

inhabited by them.”

-definition of “colony” from

Webster’s Dictionary

SONGS FOR THE DAY: MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA

Daily Comment & Card

New England, Middle and Southern Colonies

New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire (rocky soil, long winter, family farms)

Middle: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware (rich soil, wheat & corn, farms to 200 acres)

Southern: Virginia, Maryland, North & South Carolina, Georgia (rice, tobacco, indigo, slave labor)

NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

ROCKY SOILLONG WINTER

FISHING, LUMBERSHIPPING, RUMFAMILY FARMS

NEW ENGLAND COLONIESMASSACHUSETTS

PLYMOUTH (FOUNDED BY SEPARATISTS—PILGRIMS IN 1620)ITK: SQUANTO (THANKSGIVING)

MASSACHUSETTS BAY(FOUNDED BY PURITANS IN 1628 –GREAT MIGRATION 1630)

ITK: CITY ON A HILL

NEW ENGLAND COLONIESRHODE ISLAND

FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS (dissenter from Mass Bay) in 1636

ITK: FIRST TO SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE

NEW ENGLAND COLONIESCONNECTICUT

FOUNDED BY THOMAS HOOKER (dissenter from Mass Bay) in 1635

ITK: FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION

NEW ENGLAND COLONIESNEW HAMPSHIRE

FOUNDED BY JOHN MASON ET AL. (AND OTHERS) IN 1623ITK: MOLASSES

MIDDLE COLONIES

RICH SOILWHEAT, CORN

EXPORTEDFARMS TO 200 ACRES

INDENTURED SERVANTSSMALL

MANUFACTURING“THE BREAD BASKET”

MIDDLE COLONIESNEW YORK

FOUNDED BY THE DUTCH—TAKEN OVER BY JAMES, DUKE OF YORK IN 1664

ITK: ORIGINALLY DUTCH

MIDDLE COLONIESNEW JERSEY

FOUNDED BY BERKELEY & CARTERET IN 1664

ITK: ORIGINALLY DUTCH WHEAT, RYE,OATS

MIDDLE COLONIESPENNSYLVANIA

FOUNDED BY WILLIAM PENN IN 1681

ITK: FOUNDED FOR THE QUAKERS (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS) FREEDOM TO ALL WHO BELIEVE IN ONE GOD SHIPBUILDING AND TRADE

MIDDLE COLONIESDELAWARE

FOUNDED BY SWEDES IN 1638

ITK: TOBACCO

SOUTHERN COLONIES

FARMINGRICE, TOBACCO, INDIGO

CASH CROPSPLANTATIONS ON RIVERS

SHORTAGE OF INDENTURED SERVANTS LEADS TO USE OF

SLAVES

SOUTHERN COLONIESVIRGINIA

FOUNDED BY THE LONDON COMPANY IN 1607

ITK: JAMESTOWNPOCAHONTASTOBACCO

SOUTHERN COLONIESMARYLAND

FOUNDED BY LORD BALTIMORE (GEORGE CALVERT) IN 1632SETTLED 1634

ITK: REFUGE FOR CATHOLICSFREEDOM FOR ALL CHRISTIANS RELIGIONSTOLERATION ACTTOBACCO

SOUTHERN COLONIESNORTH CAROLINA

FOUNDED BY VIRGINIANS IN 1653

ITK: RICE, TOBACCOPITCHTAR FROM PINE TREESCOMMERCIAL CENTER

SOUTHERN COLONIESSOUTH CAROLINA

FOUNDED BY 8 NOBLE MEN IN 1670

ITK: RICE, TOBACCO, PITCH AND TAR

SOUTHERN COLONIESGEORGIA

FOUNDED BY JAMES OGLETHORPE IN 1733

ITK: ENGLISH DEBTORS USED AS BARRIER TO SPANISHTOBACCO, INDIGO