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Colonial CultureLife in the Colonies,
1607 – 1776
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New England Colonies
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Geography• Every colony had access
to the coast
• Short growing season
• Harsh winters/cold climate
• Hard/rocky soil
• Large forests
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Mayflower Compact – 1st doc of self-gov’tFundamental Orders of CT – 1st constitution
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Subsistence Farming: depend on children for laborSmall business: craftspeopleShipbuilding & fishing
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Middle Colonies
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Geography• Every colony had access to the
coast
• Moderate growing season
• Mild winters/warm summers
• Fertile soil good for farming
• Large forests
• Iron ore mined in the mountains
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Wheat & livestock shipped to NYC and Philadelphia
Nicknamed the “Bread Basket”
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• Small scale manufacturing
Candle-making
Textiles
Woodworking/sawyer
Blacksmith
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Most ethnically (nationalities) diverse coloniesTreated most people as equals
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Southern Colonies
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Geography• Long growing season
• Hot climate
• Flat land & good soil
• Many rivers to transport crops
• Every colony on the coast
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VA House of Burgesses - 1st rep. assembly
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Cash crops- tobacco, rice, indigoFarmers
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Labor SourceEasy availability of land
Limit immigrant workers
Hiring workers becomes difficult
Indentured servants
- Labor under contract
Slaves (by 1700, legal in all colonies)
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Labor Source
Slaves were brought to American on the Middle Passage of the triangular trade route
Slave codes were passed to control slaves (ex: making it illegal to teach them to read)
Not all colonists believed in slavery