The document summarizes the development of the original 13 colonies in what would become the United States. It describes how the colonies developed very differently from each other based on their location and economy. The colonies are categorized as New England colonies, Middle colonies, and Southern colonies. Each region had distinct characteristics related to their economies, demographics, religious influences, and ways of life. The colonies existed as territories of European nations from 1607 to 1776 before becoming the independent United States.

1. Colonies, not States

2. Theme:
• European colonies in America developed
very differently from each other.

3. Review
• Jamestown was the first permanent English
colony in America
• Started for money
• 80% of colonists died
• Strong individuals keep Jamestown alive
• Hit upon cash crop of tobacco and thrives

4. What’s a colony?
• A place that belongs to another country
• England, France, Spain, Holland, Sweden and
Portugal all were “landowners” in America
• Often owned by companies given grants by kings
• America was made up of many European colonies
from 1607-1776
• 7 generations

5. • http://education-
portal.com/academy/lesson/13-coloniescolonial-life-economics-politics.html

6. • American colonies separated into three
categories:
• New England (Northeast -- Mass.)
• Middle Colonies (New York-Pennsylvania)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia-South
Carolina)

7. New England
• Not good for farming
• Lots of harbors for ships
• Running rivers for industry
• Working class

8. • Close-knit communities
• schools
• town meetings
• Religion very important (Pilgrims!)
• everyone was educated to read the Bible
• Many came to escape religious persecution

9. Southern Colonies
• Plantation economy
• huge farming estates run by a rich family
• most Southerners were servants or slaves
working on these
• labor-intensive work = slaves
• No cities
• spread out farming communities

10. • few professionals
• little education means little chance for
“social mobility”
• moving from poor to rich
• lower life expectancy
• step-parents and half siblings created large
family “clans”

11. Middle colonies
• Best of both worlds
• Large farms
• produced food
• Longer life expectance
• Largest cities and most businesses

12. • New York has connection to rest of world
• Dutch (Holland) colony
• Philadelphia became a large, important city
• Land ownership and productivity high
• Stable families and society
• Great innovation
• printing/publishing leader
• freedom of press upheld