The 13 Colonies-- New England Mid-Atlantic South USI.5b

New England Geography and Climate Appalachian Mountains Boston Harbor Hilly Terrain Rocky Soil Jagged Coastline Moderate Summers/Cold Winters

Appalachian Mountains

Boston Harbor

Hilly Terrain

Rocky Soil

Jagged Coastline

Moderate Summers/Cold Winters

Boston Harbor

Appalachian Mountains

Rocky Soil... Is this easily farmed?

Jagged Coast Line

Cold Winters

New England’s $$$ Economy $$$ Fishing Shipbuilding Industry and Naval Supplies Trade and Port Cities Skilled Craftsmen Shopkeepers

Fishing

Shipbuilding

Industry and Naval Supplies

Trade and Port Cities

Skilled Craftsmen

Shopkeepers

Fishing

Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding Industry

What do they need to supply the ships? Food Clothing Weapons, ammunition, bathing supplies (soap)

Trade and Port Cities In these cities, you would dock your boat and trade your belongings for new belongings, get your clothes patched or purchase new things. Everything was within walking distance to the harbor. Portsmouth was a port city!! Some cities specialized in one or two items (candles and ironworks)

Black and Iron Smiths Clothier Candle Maker

New England’s Social Life Village and Church as the center of life Religious Reformers and Separatists (Mass. Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony) New England’s Political Life Town meetings

Village and Church as the center of life

Religious Reformers and Separatists

(Mass. Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony)

Town meetings

Church Town Halls In the New England communities, if you did not belong to the village church, you were excluded from town meetings and votes. Many times the leader of the church led the village.

Mid Atlantic Geography and Climate Appalachian Mountains Coastal Lowlands—great for harbors bays, wide and deep rivers) Rich farm lands Moderate climate

Appalachian Mountains

Coastal Lowlands—great for harbors bays, wide and deep rivers)

Rich farm lands

Moderate climate

The Appalachian Mountains in the Mid Atlantic Colonies are farther west of the coast, allowing for farming and less rocky soil.

Broad rivers allowed ships to travel west/inland.

ModerateTemperatures