Southern Colonies
Name the colonies in the Southern Colonies
virginia, south carolina, north carolina, georgia, maryland
what were the colonies in the Middle Colonies?
new york, new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania
what were the colonies in the New England colonies?
new hampshire, connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts
Was the New England colonies tolerant of other religious beside puritans?
no
What was the geography and climate of the southern colonies?
geography- fertile flat soil
climate- hot humid summers, mild winters
What was the geography and climate of the middle colonies?
coastal plains, rolling hills, mountains, waterways
warm summers cold winters
what was the geography and climate like in the New england colonies?
bitter cold winters, mild summers
rocky sand soil, coastlines, some forests
what is religous tolerance
accepting others that believe in different religions
What disease spread easily in the Southern colonies?
malaria and yellow fever
What was the use of harbors in the Middle Colonies?
for trade
What was the main economies in the New England colonies?
depended on the ocean mostly
whaling, fishing, shipping, lumber, ship building
what made people of different religious migrate to the Middle colonies?
the middle colonies was accepting of people with different religions such as catholics, jews, quakers, lutherans, and presbyterians
What was the main economy in the southern colonies?
farming cash crops
What were the economies and industries in the Middle colonies?
logging, ship buidling, paper making, fishing, farming grains, craftsmenship, cobblers, wheelwrights, wigmakers, many more
why didn't disease spread easily in these colonies?
was too cold
BONUS: what is economic prosperity
to earn wealth in the economy doing jobs
explain why the southern colonies had higher slave populations than any other colony group
slaves were used to work in plantations of cash crops
the southern colonies grew the most cash crops compared to the other colonies so they had higher populations in the south
Explain why the Middle colonies are called the bread basket
agriculture that focused on wheat, oats, rye, and grains used to make bread
What group of people established the first colony in the New England colonies?
the puritans
BONUS: What colony was mainly religious focused Puritans?
New England