13 Colonies

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13 Colonies
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The New England Colonies
Massachusetts (Maine)
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
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Reasons for coming to the USA.

• Some people didnt like the Church of England.
• They wanted the Church to be more pure. These
  people were called Puritans.
• They decided to start a colony in the North East
  part of the USA.

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Settling in Massachusetts

• John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans.
• Massachusetts means at or near the great hill in
  Algonkian, Native American language.
• The colonys first settlement was Boston along
  the Charles River.

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Colonial Life

• Massachusetts and Connecticut had laws saying
  that if there were 50 families, a teacher needed
  to be hired and a school setup.
• These schools were called grammar or writing
  schools.

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Schools

• Boys went to grammar schools while girls went to
  dame school.
• There was no chalkboards, maps, or paper.
• School teachers were strict and were allowed to
  hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat.

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Thomas Hooker

• He left Massachusetts to live in Connecticut
  because he didnt like the way the Puritans
  lived.
• In 1639,Connecticut had the FIRST WRITTEN LAWS IN
  NORTH AMERICA.

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Roger Williams

• Roger Williams believed you should tolerate other
  peoples beliefs in God.
• He left Massachusetts and started a colony,
  Providence.

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Anne Hutchinson

• Anne Hutchinson was a woman who believed you
  could go directly to God so you could pray to God
  without going through a priest.
• She moved to Providence with Roger Williams and
  started the Rhode Island Colony.

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Life in the Colonies

• The Puritans had their own laws for courtship.

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Middle Colonies
NY

• The Middle colonies included
• New York (NY) , New Jersey (NJ) , Delaware (DE),
• and Pennsylvania (PA).

PA
NJ
DE
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Climate

• Good farming land (grains) Livestock, rivers and
  hills. Harbors.

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People Groups

• People came from Germany, Scotland Ireland.
• -Quakers (plain living, peaceful, against slavery
  and dancing)
• -Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch, skilled workers and
  loved music).
• -Scotch-Irish farmed and hunted.

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Interesting Facts about Middle Colonies

• -Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The
  farmers raised a surplus so they could sell.
• -Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle Conestoga
  wagon.
• -Philadelphia means brotherly love.

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William Penn

• -William Penn owned Pennsylvania and made it a
  place for religious freedom.

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Southern Colonies
MD
VA
NC

• The Southern Colonies included Maryland (MD),
  Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), South
  Carolina (SC), and Georgia (GA).

SC
GA
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Southern Colonies Climate

• Rich land, plenty of rain a long growing
  season. Coastal plains, swamps, forests, harbors.
  

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People Groups

• -Maryland was a safe place for Roman Catholics.
• -South Carolina settled by French.
• -Georgia founded by Oglethorpe for new start for
  debtors in England.

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Interesting Facts about Southern Colonies

• -Planters duties to see that crops were planted,
  records kept, took care of everyone.
• -Slavery was necessary for Southern plantation.
• The cash crop for Virginia was Tobacco.

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