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13 Colonies

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  1. 13 Colonies

  2. Settling in Massachusetts • John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans. • Massachusetts means at or near the great hill in Algonkian, Native American language. • The colony’s first settlement was Boston along the Charles River.

  3. Colonial Life • Massachusetts and Connecticut had laws saying that if there were 50 families, a teacher needed to be hired and a school setup. • These schools were called grammar or writing schools. Picture Credit: http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html

  4. Schools • Boys went to grammar schools while girls went to dame school. • There was no chalkboards, maps, or paper. • School teachers were strict and were allowed to hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat.

  5. Thomas Hooker • He left Massachusetts to live in Connecticut because he didn’t like the way the Puritans lived. • IN 1639,Connecticut had the FIRST WRITTEN LAWS IN NORTH AMERICA.

  6. Roger Williams • Roger Williams believed you should tolerate other people’s beliefs in God. • He left Massachusetts and started a colony, Providence.

  7. Anne Hutchinson • Anne Hutchinson was a woman who believed you could go directly to God so you could pray to God without going through a priest. • She moved to Providence with Roger Williams and started the Rhode Island Colony.

  8. Climate • Good farming land (grains) Livestock, rivers and hills. Harbors. Picture Credit: www.greenworks.tv/efp/ Lan_Farm_Trust.htm

  9. People Groups • People came from Germany, Scotland & Ireland. • -Quakers (plain living, peaceful, against slavery and dancing) • -Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch, skilled workers and loved music). • -Scotch-Irish farmed and hunted.

  10. Interesting Facts about Middle Colonies • -Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The farmers raised a surplus so they could sell. • -Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle & Conestoga wagon. • -Philadelphia means brotherly love.

  11. William Penn • -William Penn owned Pennsylvania and made it a place for religious freedom. Picture Credit: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/VC/visitor_info/hello_pennsylvania/paprofile.htm

  12. Southern Colonies Climate • Rich land, plenty of rain & a long growing season. Coastal plains, swamps, forests, harbors.

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