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1. 1.1b The English Colonies
 UHSC 1.1 Summarize the distinct
characteristics of each colonial region in
the settlement and development of British
North America, including religious, social,
political, and economic differences.

2. English Colonies
 New England Colonies- Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Connecticut
 The Middle Colonies- New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
 The Southern Colonies- Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia

3. Colonial Government:
 The British adopted a policy of ***salutary
neglect in dealing with its colonies. It left its
colonies alone to govern themselves.
 Using England’s model of representative government the
colonies also tended to develop representative
government and colonial legislatures developed most of
the political power.
 ***The first colonial legislature in the new
world was The House of Burgesses in Virginia
(1619), although all colonies developed some
type of government.

5. The Southern Colonies
***Jamestown, Virginia ( 1st
permanent
English settlement)
 Joint-Stock Company- Virginia Company
was a joint-stock company owned by
investors who hoped to make money off
the products and raw materials the colony
would provide.

6. Jamestown, Virginia

7. The Southern Colonies Continued
 Economy- Tobacco in Virginia, Maryland,
North Carolina, Hotter and wetter climates of
South Carolina and Georgia relied on rice and
indigo. These crops were ***cash crops or
crops grown for money, and are also called
***staple crops because they are in large
demand and provide the bulk of a regions
income. The Southern Colonies also produced
tar, pitch, and turpentine from the abundant
forests.

8. The Southern Colonies continued
 The Plantation System- Huge farms owned by
wealthy landowners who raised cash crops. They
needed a lot of labor.
 ***Indentured Servants- were people who could not
afford to come to the colonies on their own. They
agreed to work for a land owner for seven years in
exchange for paying for the trip over.
 Slavery- When the supply of indentured servants in England
lessoned, African Slavery became the dominant labor system.
This system became codified or put into law and a person was
legally owned.
 Most early plantations developed on major rivers, where crops
could be put directly on ships, no major commerce centers
developed.

12. Southern Society in early colonies
 ***Southern class distinctions:
 1. Rich landowners (Gentry)
 2. Poor farmers
 3. Slaves

13. The Gentry
 The rich landowners who were considered superior to the poorer
classes and held the positions of power and authority.
 Education-They sent their children to school at home, in England, or
hired tutors while most other classes had no education at all.
 Southern colonies were established for economic reasons rather
than religious reasons except for Maryland which was established a
colony for Catholics.
 ***The Act of Toleration was promoted Lord
Baltimore to protect the rights of Catholics from
persecution by Maryland Puritans.
 Most other rich landowners tended to remain part of the Anglican
Church.
 Eventually Methodist and Baptists congregations became common
among the poorer classes.

14. EOC Sample Questions:
All of the following were motivations
which Europeans had for colonizing
the Americas except:
 A. Desire to become rich
 B. Religious conviction
 C. Desire to become famous and
honored back home
 D. Desire to start an independent
country

15. Tobacco and rice can BEST be
described as which of the
following?
 A. Staple crops of the Southern
Colonies
 B. Cash crops of New England
 C. Staple crops of the Middle
Colonies
 D. Crops raised in urban centers
of commerce