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Colonial Regions Environment, Culture, and Economics The Three Regions • New England • Middle Colonies • Southern Colonies New England geography and climate Geography Climate • Northern Eastern coast Long Cold Winters • Rocky, hilly Short Growing Season • Large Forests New England Economy and Culture • • • • • PRODUCTS little farming for own use Timber and Ship Building Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar) Dried Fish Rum and other Manufactured Trade Goods Furniture PEOPLE • Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working hard and following strict rules. • Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers. Education and Cities Education Cities Many colonies founded for religious Most urban of all colonies reasons Large cities People needed to be able to read the Bible Major port cities Education important 1671 school laws New England Government • Self-Governing Charters • Town Meetings New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Middle Colonies geography and climate • Medium growing season and cold winters • Temperate climate • Longer growing season • Fertile soil • Many lakes and rivers for transportation • Rolling land Middle Colonies Economy and Culture • • • • • PRODUCTS Called the Bread Colonies Variety of crops Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye. Made homespun products. Traded very little. PEOPLE • People from: England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and others. • Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews. Middle colonies Cities and towns Combination of small towns and citeis Largest cities found in this cultural background Middle Colonies Government • Proprietary Charters • Religious Freedom and Tolerance • Freedom of the Press • Strong Courts Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware New York Southern Colonies Environment & Culture GEORGRAPHY AND CLIMATE • Long growing season • fertile land. • Warm for most of the year PRODUCTS • Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton. • Trade “cash crops” farmed on Plantations. • Purchase manufactured goods. Southern Colonies Culture • • • • Anglicans Africans Scots-Irish Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants, Slaves Southern regions TOWNS AND CITIES Few cities or towns Charleston only major city EDUCATION Economy tied to agriculture Little or no education Well to do privately educated at home Southern Colonies Government Virginia • Joint-Stock and Proprietary Charters. • The House of Burgesses • Colonies run for the profit of the Joint-Stock Company or Proprietors. Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Colonial Regions Vocabulary • Merchant: A person who produces or trades goods. • Subsistence Farming: When a family grows only enough food to survive. • Homespun: Products that are made at home (furniture, clothing, etc.) • Cash Crops: Crops that are grown in large amounts and sold for a profit. Colonial Regions Vocabulary • Indentured Servants: People who are brought to the colonies and must work to pay off the trip. • Transported Criminals: Criminals that are taken from jail and made to work in the colonies. • Slaves: People captured in Africa and sold to plantation owners. The plantation owner saw them as property. Colonial Regions The End