development of a colonial identity new england, middle, and southern colonies
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Development of a Colonial Identity
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Connecticut• Rhode Island
Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Why did the Pilgrims migrate to America?
• The Pilgrims migrated to North America to escape religious persecution
Plymouth, Massachusetts
New England Colonies
EnvironmentHarsh WintersGood HarborsFishingWhaling TradeJagged CoastlinesRocky Soil
New EnglandColonies
• Puritans who lives centered around the church
• Religious freedom vs
Religious toleration
New England Colonies
• New England Villages• Skilled Craftsmen• Shopkeepers
Middle Colonies
• New York• Pennsylvania• New Jersey• Delaware
Middle Colonies
• Quakers who believed in a simple lifestyle and that all people are EQUAL
• They refused to bow before the King, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England
Middle Colonies
• Quakers• Religious diversity-
there were many different religions in the Middle Colonies
Pennsylvania
• William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania believed in religious freedom.
• William Penn was a Quaker
Middle Colonies
• Market towns• Villages and towns• Skilled and unskilled
workers• Fishermen
Middle Colonies
• Moderate climate• Coastal lowlands• Wide and deep rivers• Rich farmland• Grain farming• Livestock raising
New Jersey Penny
Southern Colonies
• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia
Southern Colonies Region
• Long growing season• Cash crops• Plantations• Small farms• Humid climate
Southern Colonies
• Good harbors and rivers made it easy to export their cash crops.
• The cash crops in the early Southern Colonies was rice, indigo, and tobacco.
Jamestown, Virginia 1607
• In 1607, a group of wealthy English gentlemen merchants formed the Virginia Company. There goal was an economic venture designed to find goal in the new land.
Southern way of life
• Church of England• Few Schools• Few Cities
Plantation Agriculture
Slave labor
Indentured servants
Large cash crops
Mansions
Southern Lifestyle
• Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
Slavery in the South
• Plantation owners relied on slaves and indentured servants to sow and harvest their fields.