Colonial Comparisons New England

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Colonial ComparisonsNew England
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Why do colonies exist?

• To make money for the parent country

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Colonial ComparisonsNew England
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New England Types of Settlers
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New England Types of Settlers

• English Puritans
• Subsistence Farmers (grow just enough crops for
  their families)

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New England Major Towns
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New England Major Towns

• Built around a commons
• Boston
• Plymouth
• Newport

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New England Major Economic Activities
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New England Major Economic Activities
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New England Major Economic Activities

• Small farms
• Merchants
• Boat building
• Whaling
• Lumber

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New England Roles of Women
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New England Roles of Women

• Large families
• Household/Farm chores

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New England Roles of African Americans
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New England Roles of African Americans

• More free African Americans than other regions
• Could own land
• Craftsmen and Artisans

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New England Educational Opportunities
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New England Educational Opportunities

• Boys and girls went to school
• It was important that everybody was able to read
  the Bible
• Harvard- 1636

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New England Religious Groups

• Henry VIII
• Church of England
• Dissention
• Puritans
• Separatists

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New England Religious Groups

• Puritans
• Very strict
• Gloomy
• Superstitious

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Colonial ComparisonsThe South
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The South Types of Settlers
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The South Types of Settlers

• Wealthy aristocrats
• Plantation owners
• Small farmers
• Enslaved African Americans

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The South Major Towns
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The South Major Towns

• Seaports
• Trade Centers
• Plantations were self-sufficient
• Savannah
• Charlestown

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The South Major Economic Activities
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The South Major Economic Activities

• Plantations
• Rice
• Tobacco
• Indigo
• SLAVERY
• Small farms
• Few crafts or industry

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The South Religious Groups
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The South Religious Groups

• Less important and powerful than NE
• Church of England
• Catholics (Maryland)

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The South
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The South Roles of Women
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The South Roles of Women

• Helped manage plantations
• Supervised house slaves

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The South Roles of African Americans
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The South Roles of African Americans

• Harshly treated
• No education/religious opportunities
• Lived in extreme poverty
• SLAVES

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The South Educational Opportunities
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The South Educational Opportunities

• Planters sons taught at home by tutors
• Education of girls limited to the arts and music
• College of William and Mary

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Colonial ComparisonsMiddle Colonies
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Reflection Question
Why would Mrs. Chaussee choose this activity
using coffee filters and food coloring to
describe life in the Middle Colonies?
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Middle Colonies Type of Settlers

• Founded by William Penn
• Quaker
• Purchased land from Native Americans at a fair
  price
• Germans
• French Hugenots
• Swedes

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Middle Colonies Type of Settlers

• Founded by William Penn
• Quaker
• Purchased land from Native Americans at a fair
  price
• Germans
• French Hugenots
• Swedes

DIVERSITY
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Diversity - Variety within a group
Tolerance - Acceptance of differences
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Middle Colonies Geography and Climate

• Good soil
• Flat land
• Long, swift-flowing rivers
• Wide valleys
• Growing season
• Longer than NE
• Shorter than South

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Middle Colonies Major Towns

• New York City
• Philadelphia

What businesses could be found in colonial
Philadelphia?
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Middle Colonies Major Economic Activities

• Farming
• Breadbasket of the colonies
• Grains wheat, barley, corn
• Livestock
• Iron Ore

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Middle Colonies Religious Group

• Quakers
• Catholics
• Jews
• Protestants

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Middle Colonies Religious Group

• Quakers
• Catholics
• Jews
• Protestants

DIVERSITY
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Middle Colonies Roles of women

• Similar to New England
• Some women worked in manufacturing

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Middle Colonies Roles of African Americans

• Fewer slaves than in the South
• Quakers starting to abolish slavery in the 1600s
• Started Underground Railroad (1780s)

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Middle Colonies Education

• Fewer schools than in New England
• More schools than in the South
• Run by religious groups
• Princeton
• Quakers allowed girls to pursue higher education