Слайд 2Three Geographic Regions
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
Слайд 3The New England Colonies
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Слайд 4New Hampshire
founded in 1623 by Captain John Mason
all people from
England
lumber, fish, masts for the Royal Navy, and turpentine were
the main exports
forests (the timer was used for masts and shipbuilding)
the dominate religion was Puritan
no religious freedom or tolerance.
Слайд 5Massachusetts
was founded in 1620 by separatists-puritans
separatists in England fled to
Holland in 1608 and then decided to find refuge in
America
they came over on the Mayflower
a manufacturing base and trade
agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)
the main natural resource – timber
religion – Puritan
Слайд 6Connecticut
was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker and a group
of Massachusetts colonists
people who settled there were colonists who left
the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 looking for more religious and economic freedoms
agriculture (wheat and corn)
fishing industry
better soils, timber, and fish
the colonists were seeking more religious freedom but were still strict and intolerant of other religious beliefs
Слайд 7Rhode Island
was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams
he was banished
to England by the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his beliefs
in separation of church and state and freedom of religion
he fled and lived with the Narragansett Indians and formed Providence in 1636.
better soils and slightly warmer climate
raising livestock and producing dairy
fishing industry
religious freedom and separation of church and state
Слайд 8The Middle Colonies
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Слайд 9Delaware
was founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit and the New
Sweden Company
first European settlement in the Delaware Valley on the
Christina River
the population was heterogeneous: English, Dutch, and Swedish
agriculture (grain, rice, indigo)
forests (lumber)
shipbuilding, ironworks, trading and shipping lumber
a mixture of religions
Слайд 10Pennsylvania
was founded in 1681 by William Penn
a safe haven for
Quakers who were persecuted in England
Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy)
manufacturing
(textiles, paper making, ship building)
religious freedom to everyone in the colony
Слайд 15Maryland
was founded in 1634 by George Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
refuge
for Roman Catholics who were being persecuted in England
manufacturing (shipbuilding
and iron works)
agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, and indigo)
Catholics of England
separation of church and state and the stance on religious freedom
Слайд 16North Carolina
was established in 1653 by Virginia colonists
plantation agriculture
(indigo, rice, and tobacco)
a wide range of religions
Слайд 17South Carolina
was founded in 1663 by English Colonists
was originally part
of the Carolina Colony (until 1712)
agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco,
cotton, and cattle)
diverse religious beliefs and practices
Слайд 18Georgia
was established in 1732 by James Oglethorpe
the last of the
English colonies in the New World
a location for resettlement
of English debtors and the “worthy poor”
a garrison province to defend the southern part of British colonies form Spanish Florida
agriculture (indigo, rice, and sugar)
religious tolerance and freedom
