New England colonies
What was the climate like in New England?
Cold Winters
What was the climate like in the Mid-Atlantic colony?
Mild climate
What was the climate like in the Souther Colony?
Warm Climate
Who were the most wealthy and powerful colonists
The landowners
Why did they want to settle in the New colonies?
Religious Freedom
Why did they want to settle in the New colonies?
For religious freedom and make a profit
Why did they settle in the new colony?
For religious freedom and profit
What were farmers?
Self-sufficent
What did they use wood for ?
To build ships to sell
How did they make a profit ?
They would farm crops like wheat.
What types of crops were grown ?
Cash crops like tobacco
What did Artisans do ?
made special goods that colonists needed in their everyday lives.
What did they use the ocean for?
Fishing and whaling
Where did most of their children learn ?
At home
True or False: Plantation owners were nice to their workers.
False: Their workers were enslaved and treated unfairly.
Describe an Indentured slave.
A servant signed a contract to work without pay for the person who paid for their trip to the American colonies. The indentured servant was free after working the agreed upon years.
The puritans
What was the name of the religious group that settled in the colony?
The Quakers
Did children go to school?
Landowners children had private tutors. Everyone else had no schooling due to poverty.
Did the Native American help colonist? How?
Yes.The American Indians helped the original colonists that arrived from Europe with trading and new farming techniques, but the colonists later forced the American Indians to give up their land.