History of Colonies
Roanoke Island (Lost Colony)
Jamestown Settlement (1607) by the VA Company
Georgia (by people in debtors prisons)
North American colonies established for economic (/venture) reasons.
What is the geography of the New England colonies?
Harbors, hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline, and Appalachian Mountains
What is the climate of the New England colonies?
Moderate summers, cold winters
What is the social life of the New England colonies?
Villages,
Center of life = school and church
People: Religious reformers and separatists
What is the center of civic life in the New England colonies?
Plymouth - settled by separatists from the Church of England
Massachusetts Bay Colony settled by the Puritans
Pennsylvania - settled by Quakers
North American colonies established for religious freedom reasons.
What is the geography of the Mid-Atlantic?
Rivers, harbors, coastal plains, rich farmlands, Appalachian Mountains
What is the climate of the Mid-Atlantic?
Moderate climate
What is the social life of the Mid-Atlantic?
Diverse cultural backgrounds and religions;
villages and cities
What is the civic center of the Mid-Atlantic?
Market towns
What is Jamestown?
First permanent English settlement in North America (1607)
What is the geography of the South?
Fertile farmland, Piedmont, Atlantic coastal plain, Appalachian Mountains, harbors and rivers
What is the climate of the South?
Humid
What is the social life of the South?
Plantations, Mansions
Few cities, schools
Church of England
What is the civic center of the South?
Counties
What are the resources of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
Natural - rich farmlands, rivers
Human - skilled and unskilled workers, farmers, fisherman and merchants
Capital - tools and buildings
What are the resources of the South?
Natural - Fertile farmland, rivers, harbors, forests
Human - farmers, enslaved African Americans, and indentured servants
Capital - tools and buidings
What is the specialization of the Mid-Atlantic?
Livestock, grains, fish
Tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo
What did the New England colonies need to get from the SOUTH?
Livestock and grains from the mid Atlantic
What did the south depend on?
From New England colonies: Manufactured goods including metal tools and equipment
From Mid-Atlantic: Grains and other agricultural products that were not plentiful in the south
What are the resources of New England?
Natural - timber, fish, deep harbors
Human - Skilled craftsmen, fisherman, merchants, and shipbuilders
Capital - tools and buildings
What is the specialization of New England colonies?
Fishing, shipbuilding, naval supplies, metal tools and equipment
What is the Specialization in the south?
Tabacco, rice, cotton, indigo, forest products (lumber, tar, pitch)
From the SOUTH: Tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo, and forest products
From New England colonies: Metal tools, and equipment
What did the mid Atlantic depend on from the other colonies?
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