Colonial Regions in America By Jim Jarrett

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Colonial Regionsin AmericaBy Jim Jarrett

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Colonial Regionsin America

• TEKS Objective
• 113.24. Social Studies, Grade 8.
• (12) Geography. The student understands the
  physical characteristics of the United States
  during the 18th and 19th centuries and how humans
  adapted to and modified the environment. The
  student is expected to analyze how physical
  characteristics of the environment influenced
  population distribution, settlement patterns, and
  economic activities in the United States during
  the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Colonial Regions

• There were three separate regions in Colonial
  North America.
• The New England Colonies
• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and
  Connecticut.
• The Middle Colonies
• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
• The Southern Colonies
• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
  Carolina, and Georgia.

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Which set has a colony that does not belong in
New England?

• A. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
• B. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode. Island
• C. Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maryland
• D. New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

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CORRECT!

• GREAT
• JOB!

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Thats Incorrect

• The New England Colonies are
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Remember, Maryland is in the Southern Colonies!

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New England Colonies

• Cold Winters
• Mountains
• Rocky soil
• Deep water ports
• Heavily forested
• Religious influence

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New England Colonies

• Good Fishing
• Lumber industry
• Shipbuilding
• Trade
• English immigrants

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Middle Colonies

• Mild weather
• Rich soil
• Small farms
• Good ports
• Rivers for navigation and trade
• Religious freedom

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Middle Colonies

• Shipping and commerce
• Good farming
• The breadbasket of the Colonies
• Livestock
• Dutch, English, Swedish and German immigrants

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Southern Colonies

• Warm weather
• Ports of Baltimore and Charleston
• Lowlands
• Good soil
• Good hunting
• Fleeing Persecution
• Indentured servants

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Southern Colonies

• Plantation system
• Tobacco
• Rice
• Indigo
• English, Irish and Scottish immigrants
• Rise of slavery

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Which Colonial Region was called The
breadbasket of the colonies?

• A. New England
• B. Middle Colonies
• C. Southern Colonies

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Excellent!

• WELL
• DONE!

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That answer is not correct!

• Remember, New England had rocky soil and
  subsistence farming.
• The Southern Colonies grew tobacco, rice and
  indigo on large plantations
• The Middle Colonies had good soil, moderate
  temperatures, and many farms that grew grains to
  eat like oats and wheat for bread

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Big Differences

• New England
• Forests
• Fishing
• Shipbuilding
• Trade
• Middle Colonies
• Grain farming
• Livestock
• Rivers
• Southern Colonies
• Plantation system
• Rise of slavery

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Was Slavery only allowed in the Southern Colonies?

• A. Yes
• B. No

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You Rule!!!

• Studying works!

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That is not right.

• Slavery was allowed in ALL of the colonies. It
  was just practiced more in the South

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Summary
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Works Cited

• MacDougal Littell, Creating America A History
  of the United States. Evanston, Illinois
  Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 2003.

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