chamber commerce


FoundersFounders

South CarolinaSouth Carolina

eight Lords Proprietors who were friends of King Charles II

VirginiaVirginia

Sir Walter Raleigh proposed first expedition (Roanoke)

Virginia Company of London

John Smith brought success at Jamestown

GeorgiaGeorgia

founded by King George II

set up by James Oglethorpe

MarylandMaryland

Lord Calvert

Lord Baltimore


Reasons Reasons FoundedFounded


investment to make money

VirginiaVirginia

investment to make money

GeorgiaGeorgia

new start for debtors who had been imprisoned

MarylandMaryland

Catholics could practice their religion


PeoplePeople


Europeans seeking religious freedom

indentured servants

African slaves

VirginiaVirginia

Europeans seeking opportunity for cheap and

African slaves

GeorgiaGeorgia

debtors

Europeans seeking religious freedom and cheap land

African slaves

MarylandMaryland

Catholics and Protestants who had been persecuted


Climate and Climate and GeographyGeography


mild winters, hot summers

swampy in the east, wooded in the west

VirginiaVirginia



GeorgiaGeorgia



MarylandMaryland

Chesapeake Bay was surrounded by fertile land

colder winters, hot and humid summers


EconomyEconomy


cash crops such as tobacco, cotton, indigo, and rice

VirginiaVirginia


GeorgiaGeorgia


MarylandMaryland

farms that raised grain, tobacco, flax

fishing

iron


ReligionReligion


religious freedom

VirginiaVirginia

state-established Church of England

GeorgiaGeorgia

refuge for debtors

MarylandMaryland

strong history of religious toleration

WELCOME!


GovernmentGovernment


ruled by the King, Parliament, and the Lords Proprietors

VirginiaVirginia

land owners elected representatives to the House of Burgesses

GeorgiaGeorgia

landowners elected representatives to the Common House of Assembly

MarylandMaryland

Free men who elected representatives

representatives who were loyal to Lord Calvert


Rhode IslandRhode Island

Roger Williams

MassachusettsMassachusetts

John Winthrop

William Bradford

ConnecticutConnecticut

John Oldham

Thomas Hooker

FoundersFounders

William BradfordWilliam Bradford

Roger WilliamsRoger Williams



escape religious persecution in Massachusetts


escape religious persecution in England


escape religious persecution in Massachusetts




Europeans

Native Americans


Separatists called Pilgrims

Puritans

Native Americans


Dutch and Swedish

Native Americans

PeoplePeople



red clay soil

cold winters, short but humid summers


fertile, but rocky soil

heavily forested

bitter cold winters, short but humid summers


hilly and forested

cold winters, short but humid summers




cattle and dairy farmers

subsistence farmers

shipping


shipping

fur

cattle

lumber


cattle and dairy farmers

subsistence farmers

shipping, fishing, and whaling

EconomyEconomy



religious freedom


lives centered around religious worship and the church


religious freedom

ReligionReligion



governor and General Assembly


Theocracy- laws of the colony based on religious beliefs

ruled by ministers

only white men in good standing with the church could vote


“Fundamental Orders”- first written constitution in America



New YorkNew York

Samuel de Champlain

Henry Hudson

Dutch settlers

PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

William Penn

FoundersFoundersHenry HudsonHenry Hudson

William PennWilliam Penn


New YorkNew York

money

natural resources PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

escape religious persecution in England



New YorkNew York

Dutch patrons called “Patroons”

mixed Europeans

indentured servants


Quakers and other religious groups

many nationalities

PeoplePeople


New YorkNew York

fertile but rocky soil

wooded

hot, humid summers and bitter winters


fertile land and heavily forested

hot humid summers, cold winters



New YorkNew York

farmers

merchants and tradesmen

fur, lumber, shipping

EconomyEconomy


farms that produced grains and dairy cattle

merchants and tradesmen

lumber

Because of large amount of grain production, the Middle Colonies were collectively known as the


New YorkNew York




ReligionReligion


New YorkNew York

governor appointed by the King of England


political freedoms and self-government

representative assembly


chamber commerce

Business

hot summers

religious

king

short

indigo

tobacco

pennsylvania

wooded