American Colonies by Region

1. Quick Review

2. England Wants Gold & Silver!
 Today we will talk about how Jamestown
was founded (created) in 1607.
 It was England’s first permanent colony in
North America.
 France, Spain and Portugal were already in
North America!

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4. Going to Virginia!!!

5. Why Go??
People went for one of three
reasons…
–Political (Glory)
–Social (God)
–Economic (Gold)

6. Settlement of Jamestown
• The Virginia Company offered people willing to move to
Jamestown a headright.
Headright – 50 acres of land given to each person
who could pay their own way to Virginia
Official seal of
the Virginia
Company

7. one acre = 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet
In the photos above, the blue square represents one acre.

10. 4 reasons they
chose a peninsula:
It was easy to defend.
The water was deep
enough for ships to dock.
They thought they had a
good supply of fresh water.
The river provided food and a
pathway for exploration.

11. swampy
unsafe water
mosquitoes

13. “He that will
not work,
shall not eat!”

14. John Smith maintained a good
relationship with the
Powhatans so the colonists
were able to …

15. starving
time

16. Th e P o w h a ta n s h a d
in t r o d u c e d t h e
c o lo n is t s t o 2 n e w
corn c rops :
and
tobacco

17. Tobacco was sold
in England as
Jamestown’s
cash crop
_______ _______.

18. Mayflower- Ship the Pilgrims came to the new
world on. Mayflower
Compact-
agreement
Pilgrims signed by
Want Pilgrims to do
religious what was best
freedom for group,
from helped
England in establish idea
1620. of early
democracy in
America.

19. •41 Male passengers on the
Mayflower formed into a
signed a compact promising
to write and obey "just and
equal laws ... for the general
good of the colony."
•The compact brought an
element of democracy to
America and was an example
of the practice of self-
government in the colonies.
•All the colonies practiced
some form of self-
government…………
government

20. Colonial
Regions
Environment,
Culture, and
Migration.

21. The Three Regions
 New England
 Middle
Colonies
 Southern
Colonies

22. New England
GEOGRAPHY
Land/Weather
 Very Short Growing Season
 Long Cold Winters
 Large Forests
 On the Atlantic Ocean
 Rocky Soil/Bad (infertile)

23. New England
ECONOMY $$$$$$$
PRODUCTS Why the came
 Subsistence Farming  Puritans and Pilgrims
 Timber and Ship Building who believed in
Supplies (Rope, Masts,
working hard and
Tar)
following strict
 Rum and other
Manufactured Trade religious rules.
Goods
 Fishing/Whale Hunting

24. New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut

25. New England
Why they came??
 Religious Freedom and to make Money.

26. Middle Colonies
GEOGRAPHY
 Fertile Soil (Good
Soil)
 Mild Temperatures
 Many lakes and
rivers for
transportation.

27. Middle Colonies
Economic $$$$
PRODUCTS
 Called the Bread Colonies
 Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye.
 Made homespun products.
 Trade

28. Middle Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

29. Middle Colonies
Why They Came
 Religious Freedom and & $$$$$

30. Southern Colonies
Geography
ENVIRONMENT
 Atlantic and Gulf
Coastal Plains.
 Long growing season
and fertile land.
 Warm for most of the
year
 Humid

31.  Farmed CASH CROPS
Southern  Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton.
 Trade “cash crops” farmed on
Colonies Plantations.
Economic  Purchase manufactured goods.

32. Southern Colonies
Government Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

33. Colonial Regions
Vocabulary
 Merchant: A person who produces or trades
goods.
 Subsistence Farming: When a family grows
only enough food to survive.
 Cash Crops: Crops that are grown in large
amounts and sold for a profit.

34. Colonial Regions
Vocabulary
 Indentured Servants: People who are
brought to the colonies and must work to pay
off the trip.
 Slaves: People captured in Africa and sold to
plantation owners. The plantation owner
saw them as property.

35. Colonial
Regions
The End