differences emerge among the english colonies
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Differences emerge among the English colonies. Three separate regions New England Middle Atlantic Southern Differences: Physical geography Religion Origin of colonists Presence of slaves economies. New England Colonies. Rocky soil and less fertile land Long winters and colder climate - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Differences emerge among the English colonies.• Three separate regions– New England– Middle Atlantic– Southern
• Differences:– Physical geography– Religion– Origin of colonists– Presence of slaves– economies
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New England Colonies
• Rocky soil and less fertile land
• Long winters and colder climate
• Small farms (subsistence farmers)
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New England Colonies
• Forests used for lumber and ship building
• Whaling and fishing• Sailors, fishermen,
merchants.• Owned and manned
ships– “triangular trade”
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New England Colonies
• Practice of religion, especially Puritanism important.
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The Middle Atlantic Colonies
• Winters not as harsh as New England and summers were longer.
• Forests and fertile land• Came from the
Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, France, and Scotland
• Active lumber and shipbuilding industry
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Middle Atlantic Colonies
• Small farms– “Bread Basket” Colonies
• Wheat• Oats• Barley• Rye
– Large amounts of grain exported
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Middle Atlantic Colonies
• Greater religious freedom.
• No single church dominated– Anglicans– Quakers– Dutch Reformed
Protestants– Catholics– Jews
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Southern Colonies
• Warmer climate• Flat land, fertile
soil suited for cash crops• Lumber, tar, resin
(sap from pine trees)
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Southern Colonies
• English, Scotch, Scotch-Irish
• Anglican Church• Presbyterian
(Scotch)–Tended to settle
more inland
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Development of the Plantation System
• Plantations develop along major water routes in the South
• Large-scale agricultural operations (20 or more slaves)– Tobacco– Rice– Indigo– cotton
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• Identify each of the 13 British colonies by name• Use different
colors to show the three colonial regions
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Colonial Government
• English Political Traditions–Magna Carta–British
Parliament–English Bill of
Rights
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“Clause 29. No Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or (have) his Freehold, or Liberties (taken away), or any other wise destroyed; nor will We pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his Peers (equals), or by the Law if the land, we will sell to no Man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.”
How did the Magna Carta help guarantee therights of individuals?
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Colonial Self-Government
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Mayflower Compact• New England town
meetings• General Court• Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
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First two English colonies had people of very different backgrounds.• Virginia– Anglicans• Belonged to the
Church of England– Most of these
settlers had come for economic reasons
• Massachusetts– Pilgrims and Puritans
–Protestant groups who came to America to worship God in their own way.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony• Puritans dominate New England
– High standards for Church membership
– Promote virtue (goodness)– Members of the Church were
chosen by God and only those elected would go to Heaven.
– Sunday was a day of rest in which the whole community went to church.
– Ministers gave sermons threatening sinners with punishment of damnation after death.
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Puritans
• State-endorsed religion would insure a bond between members of society.– Maintain order and
stability– More than one religion
would threaten stability– Did not support religious
toleration
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SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS
• 1692-1693• West Indian slave girl
told a group of children tales of voodoo. The girls claimed they were being tortured by witches.
• Several people were put on trial for witchcraft.
• 20 people were hanged.
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Rise of Religious Toleration• Rhode Island
– Roger Williams– Anne Hutchinson– First English colony to
establish the principle of religious toleration
• Religious toleration – the recognition that others had the right to practice their own faiths.
• Dutch New York also practiced religious toleration.
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Religious Toleration• Maryland – Catholics– Act of Toleration
• Pennsylvania– Quakers
• Religious beliefs contributed to the growth of representative government.
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The First Great Awakening• Ministers emphasize the
importance of religious feelings.
• Jonathan Edwards– “Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God”• George Whitfield
– God merciful and people could save themselves
– Emphasized people’s equality– Strong supporters of religious
freedom and toleration
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MERCANTILISM
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TRIANGULAR TRADE
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