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Southern, Middle & New England Colonies

Southern, Middle & New England Colonies. Southern Colonies. Virginia (1607) – Jamestown 1 st English colony in N.A. Province of Carolina (1629) Split into NC & SC (1712) Maryland (1632) Founded by Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore) Haven for Catholics (Act of Toleration-1649)

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Southern, Middle & New England Colonies

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  1. Southern, Middle & New England Colonies

  2. Southern Colonies Virginia (1607) – Jamestown • 1st English colony in N.A. Province of Carolina (1629) • Split into NC & SC (1712) Maryland (1632) • Founded by Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore) • Haven for Catholics (Act of Toleration-1649) Georgia (1733) • Founded by James Oglethorpe • Debtors

  3. Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations • Cash Crops • Tobacco, rice, & indigo

  4. Southern Colonies

  5. Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations • Cash Crops • Tobacco, rice, & indigo • Relied on slave labor

  6. Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations • Cash Crops • Tobacco, rice, & indigo • Relied on slave labor In the “west” - subsistence farming, hunting, trading

  7. Southern Colonies Economies based on large plantations • Cash Crops • Tobacco, rice, & indigo • Relied on slave labor In the “west” - subsistence farming, hunting, trading Government • Controlled by wealthy land-holders • Strong connection to England • Virginia House of Burgesses (1619) • 1st elected legislature in N.A.

  8. Virginia House of Burgesses

  9. Middle Colonies Province of New York • Originally New Netherland (1613) • New York (1664) Delaware • New Netherland & New Sweden (1638) • English in 1664 New Jersey (1664) Province of Pennsylvania • Land grant to William Penn (1681) • Quakers

  10. Middle Colonies Economy was based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, & trading • NY & Philly key trading centers

  11. Middle Colonies Economy was based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, & trading • NY & Philly key trading centers Toleration • Groups persecuted in Europe found refuge here • Quakers, Mennonites, Amish – PA • Jews, Huguenots – NY • Presbyterians - NJ

  12. New York City (1771)

  13. Middle Colonies Economy was based on shipbuilding, small-scale farming, & trading • NY & Philly key trading centers Toleration • Groups persecuted in Europe found refuge here • Quakers, Mennonites, Amish – PA • Jews, Huguenots – NY • Presbyterians - NJ • Government reflected this as well • Democratic principles reflected the basic rights of Englishmen

  14. New England Colonies Massachusetts (1691) • Plymouth (1620) & Mass. Bay (1628) • Separatist & Puritans Connecticut (1635) Rhode Island & Providence Plantations (1636) • Roger Williams & Anne Hutchison Province of New Hampshire (1680)

  15. New England Colonies Religion • Founded by groups seeking religious freedom • Pilgrims (Plymouth) • John Winthrop (Mass. Bay Colony) • Puritans • “City on a hill” • Salem Witch Trials (1692-93) • Rhode Island • Founded by people kicked out of Mass.

  16. New England Colonies Economy • Based on shipbuilding, fishing & whaling, lumbering, subsistence farming

  17. Charles W. Morgan – Mystic, CT

  18. New England Colonies Economy • Based on shipbuilding, fishing &whaling, lumbering, subsistence farming • Prosperous → reflected Puritans’ strong belief in hard work & thrift Government • “Athenian” town hall – pure democracy • Only for “true believers” • Mayflower Compact (1620) • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) • 1st written constitution • democratic

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