Thirteen Colonies: regions, economies and settlers

Thirteen Colony Notes

Colonists

• colony= A settlement in a new era
• colonist: An English man or woman that moves to the new world of North America
• Why come to America?
• Religious freedom
• New beginning
• Adventure
• Wealth and land
• *by 1735, six million people had left to go to the thirteen colonies for a new beginning

Types of Industries

• New England colonies
• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Middle colonies
• Delaware
• Pennsylvania
• New York New Jersey
• Southern colonies
• Maryland
• Virgina
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• ​​​​​​​Georgia

New England Colonies

• Puritans= came to New England to escape from the king who punished them fro religion.
• Made money by fur trapping
• Economic opportunity= fishing, ship building, whaling
• soil= rocky (not known for farms)
• towns: lived, worked, and worshipped together
• most important houses= church and meeting house
• Puritans settled in Massachusetts
• By 1750, New England cities were industrialized

Middle Colonies

• breadbasket colonies= produced a lot of grain
• immigrants= a person that comes into a country to start a new life
• Diversity= A group of people from very different backgrounds
• royal colonies
• king sent governors to watch over middle colonies
• difficult for the king to have a lot of power because many colonies were considered to be self-ruled
• economy= based on agriculture and industries
• land was lush and fertile
• Quakers= religion is a big part of life; came to Pennsylvania to escape persecution by king of England

Southern Colonies

• Overseer= hired to watch slaves as they worked
• indigo= a plant used in making blue dye
• settlers here for money
• brought families and they worked the land (slaves)
• many settlers were rich and owned large plantations
• plantation grows only one type of crop
• Economy
• almost entirely agriculture
• plantations were abundant
• a large park of the work force was African slaves
• plantations grew tobacco, rice and indigo ​​​​​​​

Schools

• Boys went to grammar schools
• Girls went to dame schools
• No chalkboards, maps, or paper
• Teachers were strict and were allowed to hit children or make them wear a dunce hat
• New England Schools= children were taught to read; boys also learned Latin and Math
• Middle Schools= private schools; girls didn't attend school
• Southern Schools= children taught at home; girls didn't go to higher schooling

Conflict in Colonies

• Colonist settled and spread across New England, they entered land that was already lived on by Native Americans
• began attacking each other
• had different ideas about owning land
• arguments lead to war- resulting in many lives lost