The document summarizes the key attributes and industries of the three regions of the original 13 colonies in British America: New England, Middle, and Southern. The New England colonies focused on shipbuilding, fishing, and lumber industries due to their long coastline and abundant wood. The Middle colonies had good farmland and were settled by Quakers and other religious groups. The Southern colonies centered around plantation agriculture and used slave labor to produce cash crops for export.

1. By: Arjun Keshava
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES

2. New England Colonies
 Colonies included: New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
 Important attributes:
 Best Seaports
 Ship Building
 Growing Industry
 Subsistence

3. Growing Industry
 There were three major industries in New
England:
 Shipbuilding Industry
 Fishing Industry
 Lumber Industry
These ways provided supported the New England
Colonies

4. Ship Building
 The large coastline provided a good source of
fish.
 Due to this, and the excessive wood nearby,
the New England Colonies were very good
shipbuilders.
 These ships also assisted in trading with
nearby countries and England, as well as the
slave trade.

5. Best Seaports
 Due to the huge shipbuilding business, there
were many seaports that were being built.
 New England had the best seaports
(especially Boston) so typically that’s where
the bigger boats, and boats from other places
would dock.

6. Middle Colonies
 Colonies include: New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware
 Important attributes:
 Good Farmland
 Settled by Quakers
 Many Pacifists
 Most Diverse

7. Good Farmland
 The middle colony had rich farmland that
they were able to plant crops on.
 Six to seven moths of warm weather and
sufficient rain.
 They used the rivers as a method to transport
goods that they had such as fur, lumber and
food that they sold for profit

8. Settled by Quakers
 William Penn was a Quaker, who settled in
the America’s
 Pennsylvania was named after him and
boomed under his supervision.
 Philadelphia was the center of the colony

9. Many Pacifists
 Pacifists created a peaceful vibe to the middle
colonies
 They did not fight against England
 They also did not pay taxes if they believed
that it would go towards fighting

10. Most Diverse
 The diversity in the Middle Colonies increased
the efficiency of the Middle Colonies
 An example is Germans who migrated to the
middle colonies were extremely good at
farming.

11. Southern Colonies
 Colonies Include: Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
 Important Attributes:
 Plantations
 Many Slaves
 Many people Settled for profit

12. Plantations
 Plantations were the main income for the
Southern Colonies
 “Cash Crops” were planted to significantly
increase the income
 Exported many of the products to other
places, another good form of income

13. Many Slaves
 Slaves worked on the fields
 From planting to harvesting
 Very little maintenance
 Fairly cheap
 South had the majority of slaves due to the
manual labor needed

14. Settled for Profit
 The main reason anyone settled in the south
from Europe is for profit
 Thousands of acres of land were used for
farming – source of profit

15. Triangular Trade
 The trade route that developed between the
North American Colonies, England, and Africa
 This supplied many slaves to the America’s

16. Great Awakening
 The series of religious revivals among
Protestants in the American colonies,
especially in New England, lasting from about
1725 to 1770.

17. Enlightenment
 An intellectual and scientific movement of
18th century Europe which was characterized
by a rational and scientific approach to
religious, social, political, and economic
issues
 The Age of Enlightenment led directly to the
American Revolution and French Revolution
and strongly influenced the Industrial
Revolution.

18. Citations
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