The 13 Original Colonies

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The 13 Original Colonies

• By Taylor, Emily, and Chris

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Why these 13 colonies were founded.

• New England, Religious Freedom, Farming, and
  Trade.
• Middle Colonies, Religious Freedom,
  Trade,Farming.
• Southern colonies, Trade, Farming, Religious
  Freedom, Home for debtors.

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New England Colonies

• Rhode Island, founded in 1636 by Royer
  Williams
• Connecticut, founded in 1636 by Thomas
  Hooker
• Massachusetts, founded in 1630 by John
  Winthrop
• New Hampshire, founded in 1638 by John
  Wheelwright

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Middle Colonies

• New York,founded in 1626 by Peter Minuit
  
• New Jersey,founded in 1664 by English Colonists
  
• Delaware,founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit
• Pennsylvania,founded in 1682 by William
  Penn

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Southern Colonies

• Maryland, founded in 1633 by Lord Baltimar
  
• Virginia, founded in 1607 by John Smith
• North Carolina, founded in 1653 by Virginia
  Colonists
• South Carolina, founded in 1633 by English
  Colonists
• Georgia, founded in 1732 by James
  Oglethorpe

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New England Geographic Characteristics

• Rhode Island, Narraganset bay, Atlantic Ocean,
  Coastal Lowlands
• Connecticut, Mt.Frissel,Candlewood
  lake,Connecticut River
• Massachusetts,Fall River, Lake Webster,
  Massachusetts Bay
• New Hampshire, White Mt.,Mt Washington,Atlantic
  Ocean.

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Middle Colonies Geographical Characteristics

• New York,Atlantic Ocean,Lake Ontario,Lake
  Erie,Lake Champlain
• New Jersey,Atlantic Ocean,5,303 square miles of
  water,Lake Hopatcong
• Delaware,Atlantic Ocean,535 square miles of
  water,lakes none
• Pennsylvania,Atlantic Ocean,1239 square miles of
  water,Lake Erie

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Southern Colonies Geographic Characteristic

• Virginia, Jamestown River,Chesapeake
  bay,Rappahannoe River
• North Carolina,Mt. Michele,Cape fear,Roanoke
  River
• South Carolina,Lake Springs, Santee
  River,Atlantic Ocean
• Georgia,Savana River, Alatamatia River Atlantic
  Ocean
• Maryland, Potamac River , Delaware River, Steven
  River

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Key Founders Of New England Colonies

• None

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Key Founders of Middle Colonies

• Peter Minuit found New York In 1626 and 12 years
  later in 1638 he was the founder of Delaware.

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Key founders Of Southern Colonies

• John Smith founded Virginia in 1607 He also
  helped James Town Survive.

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What did religion do to help make your colony?

• They did a role in my Colony by being free and
  did what religion they wanted.

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What did religion do to help make your colony?

• Religion did a role so people could be free and
  live here.

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What did religion do to help make your Colony?

• Religion did a role in my colony Because people
  wanted to be free and do what religion they
  wanted.

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Economic conditions of New England

• They grew corn and beans and sold tobacco.

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Economic conditions of the Middle Colonies

• They sold land to get money they also sold
  tobacco and grew corn for a crop.

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Economic conditions of the Southern Colonies

• The conditions are planting rice,tobacco,indo
  these are the cash crops. And plantantastions,
  big farms.

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New England's attitude towards Slavery

• They were against slavery and because of that
  they had the civil war.

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Middle colonies attude towards Slavery

• The Middle Colonies were against slavery.

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Southern colonies attitude towards Slavery

• The attitude towards slavery was that they would
  go to war to keep them.

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CREDITS

• Colonel Living p.g 155 for illness.
• Social Studies Book for maps.
• Atlas for more maps.

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