The 13 Colonies
Massachusetts
New England Colonies
Massachusetts
Region Characteristics - New England
■ New England-Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire,
Connecticut
■ Climate/Geography: Long
winters and rocky soil
■ Resources: whaling, fishing,
trade, lumber, shipbuilding,
some small family farms
Massachusetts
■Plymouth Year: 1620
Massachusetts Bay; 1630
■Founder: John Winthrop
■Type: Proprietary (self owned)
■Reason: Escaping Religious
persecution (Puritans)
Massachusetts
■Type of Government: self
governing—The Mayflower
Compact
■Hardships: Disease,
“starvation time”, winter
■ Laborers: colonists
New Hampshire
■ Year: 1680
■ Founder: Massachusetts
settlers
■ Type: royal
■ Reason: land
■ Type of Government: self
governed
New Hampshire
■ Important People: John Mason
■ Hardships: native americans
■ Laborers: mostly colonists
Connecticut
■ Year: 1636
■ Founder: Thomas Hooker
■ Type: proprietary
■ Reason: Land, disputes among
Puritan factions
■ Type of Government: written
constitution (Fundamental
Orders of Connecticut)
Connecticut
■ Important People: King Philip
■ Hardships: native americans
■ Laborers: Colonists, household
slaves, few natives
Rhode Island
■ Year: 1636
■ Founder: Roger Williams and
Anne Hutchinson
■ Type: proprietary
■ Reason: Escaping religious
persecution and religious
freedom
■ Type of Government: self-
governing
Rhode Island
■ Type of Government: self-
governing
■ Important People: Roger
Williams, Anne Hutchinson,
■ Hardships: Native Americans
■ Laborers: some natives,
colonists
Middle Colonies
Known as the “Bread Basket” and
for their Diverse Population
Region Characteristics - The Middle
Middle-New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware
■ Climate/Geography: shorter
winters and fertile soil
■ Resources: cash crops of wheat,
rye, barley and other grains
(“Bread Basket” colonies,) also
some fur
New York
■ Year: 1664
■ Founder: Dutch then Duke of
York
■ Type: Joint-stock Company
■ Reason: land and profit
■ Type of Government: self-
governing
New York
■ Important People: Peter
Stuyvesant and Duke of York
■ Hardships: Dutch, Swedes
■ Laborers: few African slaves,
colonists, and indentured
servants.
Pennsylvania
■ Year: 1681
■ Founder: William Penn
■ Type: Proprietary
■ Reason: Religious freedom, safe
place for Quakers
■ Type of Government: weak
government, total religious
freedom
Pennsylvania
■ Important People: William
Penn
■ Hardships: None
■ Laborers: colonists, very few
slaves (Quakers didn’t believe in
slavery)
Delaware
■ Year: 1704
■ Founder: William Penn
■ Type: Proprietary
■ Reason: Profit
■ Type of Government: Shared
with Pennsylvania (almost none)
Delaware
■ Important People: None
■ Hardships: None
■ Laborers: colonists,
apprentices, few slaves
New Jersey
■ Year: 1664
■ Founder: Sir George Carteret
and Lord John Berkely
(Split from New York)
■ Type: Proprietary
■ Reason: religious freedom and
profit
New Jersey
■ Type of Government: self-
governing
■ Important People: none
■ Hardships: native Americans
■ Laborers: colonists few African
slaves, indentured servants
Southern Colonies
Region Characteristics- The South
■ Southern-Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia
■ Climate/ Geography: warm
climate and good soil.
■ Resources: plantations
(tobacco, rice, indigo, and
cotton)
Virginia (Jamestown)
■ Year: 1607
■ Founded by: Sir Walter
Raleigh
■ Type: Joint Stock company-
Virginia Company of London
■ Reason: Profit
Virginia (Jamestown)
■ Type of Government- mixed
self governing and royal
Virginia House of Burgesses -
first elected lawmaking body in
the colonies
Virginia (Jamestown)
■ Hardships: malaria carrying
mosquitoes, bad drinking water,
native americans
■ Important People: John Smith,
John Rolfe, Pocahontas
■ Laborers: colonists, indentured
servants, slaves
Maryland
■ Year: 1634
■ Founder: Lord Baltimore
■ Type: Proprietary (Lord
Baltimore)
■ Reason: Escaping Religious
Persecution
■ Safe haven for Catholics
Maryland
■ Type of Government: self-
governed
■ Hardships: native Americans
■ Important People: Lord
Baltimore
■ Laborers: African and Native
slaves, indentured servants
The Carolinas (North and South)
■ Year: 1663 (split in 1729)
■ Founder: English settlers from
Barbados
■ Type: Proprietary until split
■ Reason: Profit and religious
freedom
The Carolinas (North and South)
■ Type of Government: self-
government
■ Hardships: Native Americans
and Spanish
■ Important People: none
■ Laborers: African slaves,
enslaved native Americans
Georgia
■ Year: 1732
■ Founder: James Oglethorpe
■ Type: Proprietary
■ Reason: Populated by
prisoners (debtors,) buffer from
Spainish Florida
Georgia
■ Government: Self-governing
■ Important People: James
Oglethorpe
■ Hardships: Spanish Florida and
French Louisiana
■ Laborers: African & Native
slaves, indentured servants
Use my map on the wall, your phone or a
Chromebook and locate the
following port cities. Add them to the TOP layer
of your map.
Boston, MA
New York, NY
Charleston, SC
Philadelphia, PA
Richmond, VA
Map Key - BOTTOM LAYER
Social/Cultural
P = Puritans (New England)
A = Anglican (Middle & South except for…)
RC= Roman Catholic (Maryland)
Q= Quakers (Pennsylvania, Delaware)
Economic
Gr= Grains (Middle)
FW= Fishing/Whaling (New England)
LB = Lumber (New England, Middle)
PL = Plantations (South)
T = Trading/Port Cities (Match cities on front)
Use shades of GREEN on the New
England Colonies.
Use shades of YELLOW on the Middle
Colonies.
Use shades of BLUE on the Southern
Colonies.
Color the Front

2017 the 13 colonies (1)

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    Region Characteristics -New England ■ New England-Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut ■ Climate/Geography: Long winters and rocky soil ■ Resources: whaling, fishing, trade, lumber, shipbuilding, some small family farms
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    Massachusetts ■Plymouth Year: 1620 MassachusettsBay; 1630 ■Founder: John Winthrop ■Type: Proprietary (self owned) ■Reason: Escaping Religious persecution (Puritans)
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    Massachusetts ■Type of Government:self governing—The Mayflower Compact ■Hardships: Disease, “starvation time”, winter ■ Laborers: colonists
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    New Hampshire ■ Year:1680 ■ Founder: Massachusetts settlers ■ Type: royal ■ Reason: land ■ Type of Government: self governed
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    New Hampshire ■ ImportantPeople: John Mason ■ Hardships: native americans ■ Laborers: mostly colonists
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    Connecticut ■ Year: 1636 ■Founder: Thomas Hooker ■ Type: proprietary ■ Reason: Land, disputes among Puritan factions ■ Type of Government: written constitution (Fundamental Orders of Connecticut)
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    Connecticut ■ Important People:King Philip ■ Hardships: native americans ■ Laborers: Colonists, household slaves, few natives
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    Rhode Island ■ Year:1636 ■ Founder: Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson ■ Type: proprietary ■ Reason: Escaping religious persecution and religious freedom ■ Type of Government: self- governing
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    Rhode Island ■ Typeof Government: self- governing ■ Important People: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, ■ Hardships: Native Americans ■ Laborers: some natives, colonists
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    Middle Colonies Known asthe “Bread Basket” and for their Diverse Population
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    Region Characteristics -The Middle Middle-New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware ■ Climate/Geography: shorter winters and fertile soil ■ Resources: cash crops of wheat, rye, barley and other grains (“Bread Basket” colonies,) also some fur
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    New York ■ Year:1664 ■ Founder: Dutch then Duke of York ■ Type: Joint-stock Company ■ Reason: land and profit ■ Type of Government: self- governing
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    New York ■ ImportantPeople: Peter Stuyvesant and Duke of York ■ Hardships: Dutch, Swedes ■ Laborers: few African slaves, colonists, and indentured servants.
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    Pennsylvania ■ Year: 1681 ■Founder: William Penn ■ Type: Proprietary ■ Reason: Religious freedom, safe place for Quakers ■ Type of Government: weak government, total religious freedom
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    Pennsylvania ■ Important People:William Penn ■ Hardships: None ■ Laborers: colonists, very few slaves (Quakers didn’t believe in slavery)
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    Delaware ■ Year: 1704 ■Founder: William Penn ■ Type: Proprietary ■ Reason: Profit ■ Type of Government: Shared with Pennsylvania (almost none)
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    Delaware ■ Important People:None ■ Hardships: None ■ Laborers: colonists, apprentices, few slaves
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    New Jersey ■ Year:1664 ■ Founder: Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkely (Split from New York) ■ Type: Proprietary ■ Reason: religious freedom and profit
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    New Jersey ■ Typeof Government: self- governing ■ Important People: none ■ Hardships: native Americans ■ Laborers: colonists few African slaves, indentured servants
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    Region Characteristics- TheSouth ■ Southern-Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia ■ Climate/ Geography: warm climate and good soil. ■ Resources: plantations (tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton)
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    Virginia (Jamestown) ■ Year:1607 ■ Founded by: Sir Walter Raleigh ■ Type: Joint Stock company- Virginia Company of London ■ Reason: Profit
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    Virginia (Jamestown) ■ Typeof Government- mixed self governing and royal Virginia House of Burgesses - first elected lawmaking body in the colonies
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    Virginia (Jamestown) ■ Hardships:malaria carrying mosquitoes, bad drinking water, native americans ■ Important People: John Smith, John Rolfe, Pocahontas ■ Laborers: colonists, indentured servants, slaves
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    Maryland ■ Year: 1634 ■Founder: Lord Baltimore ■ Type: Proprietary (Lord Baltimore) ■ Reason: Escaping Religious Persecution ■ Safe haven for Catholics
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    Maryland ■ Type ofGovernment: self- governed ■ Hardships: native Americans ■ Important People: Lord Baltimore ■ Laborers: African and Native slaves, indentured servants
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    The Carolinas (Northand South) ■ Year: 1663 (split in 1729) ■ Founder: English settlers from Barbados ■ Type: Proprietary until split ■ Reason: Profit and religious freedom
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    The Carolinas (Northand South) ■ Type of Government: self- government ■ Hardships: Native Americans and Spanish ■ Important People: none ■ Laborers: African slaves, enslaved native Americans
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    Georgia ■ Year: 1732 ■Founder: James Oglethorpe ■ Type: Proprietary ■ Reason: Populated by prisoners (debtors,) buffer from Spainish Florida
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    Georgia ■ Government: Self-governing ■Important People: James Oglethorpe ■ Hardships: Spanish Florida and French Louisiana ■ Laborers: African & Native slaves, indentured servants
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    Use my mapon the wall, your phone or a Chromebook and locate the following port cities. Add them to the TOP layer of your map. Boston, MA New York, NY Charleston, SC Philadelphia, PA Richmond, VA
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    Map Key -BOTTOM LAYER Social/Cultural P = Puritans (New England) A = Anglican (Middle & South except for…) RC= Roman Catholic (Maryland) Q= Quakers (Pennsylvania, Delaware) Economic Gr= Grains (Middle) FW= Fishing/Whaling (New England) LB = Lumber (New England, Middle) PL = Plantations (South) T = Trading/Port Cities (Match cities on front)
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    Use shades ofGREEN on the New England Colonies. Use shades of YELLOW on the Middle Colonies. Use shades of BLUE on the Southern Colonies. Color the Front