2. • Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
3. People who settled in the New
England Colonies were on a
religious journey because they
were not happy with the Church of
England.
• They arrived with their families.
• The Pilgrims settled in
Massachusetts 1620 in search
of religious freedom.
• The Puritans settled in
Massachusetts in 1630 and
were a very strict religious
discipline.
4. Rhode Island was founded by Puritans who
thought Massachusetts was too strict
Connecticut was founded by Puritans who
thought Massachusetts was not strict enough
New Hampshire was founded by adventurers
looking for religious freedom
5. • Farming was predominantly for personal use.
• Trades consisted of fishing, shipbuilding,
lumbering and the fur trade.
• The Puritans and Pilgrims made their own
clothes and shoes.
• Boston was the major port.
• They were very self sufficient.
6. Triangular Trade for the New England Colonies:
• New England Colonies produced rum
• Rum shipped to Africa to be traded for slaves
• Slaves sent to West Indies and traded for
molasses and sugar
• Molasses and sugar sent to New England to
make rum
7. • New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
8. The middle colonies had a variety of religions
including:
Quakers
Mennonites
Lutherans
Dutch Calvinists
Presbyterians
9. • Many people did not bring their families
• Most socially and politically diverse
10. • Settled in the Middle Colonies to practice their
own religion
• Quakers settled in this area
• Quakers are against war and violence
11. • Economically diverse
• Excellent farm land for
growing grain and raising
livestock
• Industry very important
– Factories in Maryland
made iron
– Factories in Pennsylvania
made paper and textiles
12. • Maryland
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia
13. • The people who settled in this area wanted to
make money
• They brought their families with them and
they lived together on plantations
14. • Were popular in the southern
colonies.
• Plantations were extremely
large and were very similar to
small villages
• Typically consisted of the main
home, kitchen, servant/slave
quarters, basically everything
required to be self-sufficient
within the plantation
15. Cash crops included tobacco, corn, rice and
indigo and they required lots of people to
harvest the crops. The southern colonies relied
on servants and slaves to work on the
plantations. The southern colonies had the
largest number of slaves. Slavery played an
important role in dividing the Carolinas into
North and South in 1729.
16. • The triangular trade route helped the Southern
Colonies obtain slaves
• Great Britain would trade textiles and
manufactured goods to Africa
• In turn, Africa would trade slaves to the colonies
• The slaves were transported by ship in horrific
conditions
• Once the slaves were offloaded in America, the
ships were reloaded with molasses, rum, sugar
or tobacco and traded to Great Britain to start
the triangle all over again
17. Many people in the colonies lived too far from
churches and the Great Awakening brought
religious revivals closer to them. Preachers
would come to the colonies and preach the
bible. Two of the best known revival preachers
were John Edwards and George Whitefield. The
Great Awakening increased church membership.
18. Enlightenment encouraged
reasonable and logical
thinking. Benjamin
Franklin was an
enlightened individual who
was intelligent and created
several inventions. This
time of enlightenment
increased education and
established public libraries.
19. Sources
• Slide One
http://www.classroomclipart.com
• Slide Three
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/whopilg.htm
• Slide Five
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/explore/great-
lakes-coastal-habitats/great-lakes-open-water/
• Slide Seven
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_america/middl
e_colonies.htm
