Unit 1: Three Worlds Meet

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Unit 1 Three Worlds Meet

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• Chapter 4 The Colonies Develop
• Section 1 New England Commerce and Religion
• Section 2 The Middle Colonies Farms and Cities

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There are 3 regions in colonial timesand our
book adds a 4th

• New England
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• The Frontier

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• Today were looking at the first 2

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Difference in climates affected and influenced
the economy and the way of life in each region.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
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New England
Middle
Choices
Frontier
Southern
Area
Land Warm Climate Sort winters Fertile soil Long winters Rocky soil Appalachian Mountain climate
Settlers Good soil People from all over Europe Mostly English settlers Many Scots-Irish settlers
Known for Corn, Indigo, Naval Stores, Pigs, Rice, Tobacco Cattle, Fish, Furs, Iron, Pigs, Sheep, Timber, Wheat Cattle, Fishing, Shipbuilding, Timber, Whaling Self-Sufficient Settlers
New England
Southern
Middle
Frontier
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New England

• Cattle
• Fishing
• Shipbuilding
• Timber
• Whaling

• Life was not easy the roughest of all colonies
• Most people were subsistence farmers a farm
  where the people produce only what they need to
  survive (subsist) - and everything they need to
  survive.

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Most people worked together, and settled together
in small towns and many of these towns are
still there today
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Many of the original buildings, farms, walls,
etc are still there today
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New England was also a great place to be a
fisherman with some of the best fishing in the
world
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New England had 3 types of trade

• With other colonies / Europe / the triangular
  trade

Trade between American colonies, Europe, and
Africa
Most of this was regular business, although some
smuggling did take place.

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The Middle Colonies

• Cattle
• Fish
• Furs
• Iron
• Pigs
• Sheep
• Timber
• Wheat

• fair cities, substantial villages, extensive
  fields decent houses, good roads, orchards,
  meadows, and bridges.
• Very productive land.
• Soon crowded out Native Americans (who had lived
  there for thousands of years).
• Had a long growing season, and enough good soil
  to grow fruits, vegetables, and grains cash
  crop farming.
• The Middle Colonies grew so much grain, they were
  able to send it to other colonies, and were even
  sometimes called the breadbasket of the
  colonies.

Crops grown to sell and make money from
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Cities in the Middle Colonies

• Grew a lot because they were near the coast (easy
  to get to) and because they had deep harbors
  (good for big ships)

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Philadelphia was the colonies 1st large
city(even had paved streets and streetlights)

• And of course N.Y.C. also grew quickly

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Colonial New York City
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Page 117 in your book shows many of the immigrant
groups from the 1700s

• 2 in 5 were English

• 1 in 5 was German
• A lot were farmers
• Many were good craftsmen and artisans

(English and German were the two main languages
in the colonies)
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With so many different immigrant groups and
religious groups, you might think people didnt
get along together (Gangs of N.Y.)

• But they did.
• They were usually very tolerant of differences.

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There was slavery in the Middle Colonies

• Many slaves lived in cities early in middle
  colonial history (not on plantations).
• New York City had the most.
• But sometimes theyd get upset to the point
  where there would be rebellions and violence.

It could be said, in fact, that from the time of
the Dutch, when it was called New Amsterdam,
virtually until the end of the American
Revolution, New York City was the slavery capital
of Colonial America.
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Todays essential question
Why is where important? Where would you have
wanted to settle in colonial times, and why?
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