1.3-1.5 Middle & southern colonies and colonial economics

1.3-1.5 Middle & southern colonies and colonial economics

By Tessa Frazier

1.3 Notes British Colonies Middle Region

By Tessa Frazier

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Draw a line from these colonies to their names on the right of the map on 1.3....

Remember to use the key, the MIDDLE region is the green colonies

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Multiple Choice

Did you label your map on 1.3?

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Similarities between these colonies

Geography of this region

Cold Winters & mountainous but fertile soils, warmer summers and a longer growing season than the New England Colonies. This made growing food more possible.​

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Economy of this region

Called the "Bread Basket" they grew wheats, oats, barley, etc. ​

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Individual Colonies being founded...

Make sure to circle their reasons for being founded on your notes!

By Tessa Frazier

New York & New Jersey

Originally founded by the dutch (called new netherlands). This becomes a major center for trade and new jersey eventually separates.

Fun Fact- William of Orange, a prince in the Netherlands, took control of England during the "glorious revolution" which is the reason England gained a law-making parliament. William of Orange was married to Mary, whose father was the King of England. Together they took the English throne. When this happened, William's father gave England control of New Netherlands which was renamed.

Multiple Choice

What reason were new york and new jersey formed? MAKE SURE YOU CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE ON YOUR NOTES!

• Political

• Economic

• Religious

• Charity

Colony founded by William Penn for freedom for the Quaker Religion. They believed in EQUALITY and were the first to actively disapprove of slavery. Delaware separated from Pennsylvania

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Fun Fact- the first woman doctor in the U.S., Emily Blackwell, was a quaker. They believed in giving women a proper education equal to men!

Pennsylvania & Delaware

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Multiple Choice

What reason was pennsylvania formed? MAKE SURE YOU CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE ON YOUR NOTES!

• Political

• Economic

• Religious

• Charity

1.4 Notes British Colonies Southern Region

By Tessa Frazier

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Draw a line from these colonies to their names on the right of the map on 1.4....

Remember to use the key, the SOUTHERN region is the orange colonies

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Multiple Choice

Did you label your map on 1.4?

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• no

Similarities between these colonies

Geography of this region

warm weather, fertile soils with relatively flat land. This made this region perfect for farming on a large enough scale to make a lot of money

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Economy of this region

Cash crops such as tobacco, rice, indigo, and later cotton

Multiple Choice

British Colonial North America

Southern Colonies- warm, humid climates

New England Colonies- Cold Climate, Rocky Soil

The geographical facts in this table led primarily to the-

• founding of trade schools in some colonies

• development of different economies in the 2 regions

• establishment of import taxes in some colonies

• pattern of religious differences in the 2 regions.

The first town in Virginia was Jamestown, founded in 1607. This was the first successful english colony. It was founded by the Virginia Trading Company which was originally formed to find gold but quickly turned to the cash crop tobacco. Many colonists died of starvation due to refusing to farm. John Smith created a "no work, no eat" policy to help

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These colonists refused to farm because they were BLACKSMITHS and metal workers, NOT farmers!

Virginia

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Multiple Choice

What reason was Virginia formed? MAKE SURE YOU CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE ON YOUR NOTES!

• Political

• Economic

• Religious

• Charity

Multiple Choice

Which of these accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth to shareholders

• Plymouth's founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown's founders were expecting to find gold.

• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of European Empires.

• Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was established for commercial profit

North & South Carolina

Major port city was Charleston, SC​

Economy was the slave trade, and cash crops rice and Indigo.

Indigo was used for dying fabrics!​

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Port cities were created because of their geography. This style of geography is called a natural harbor. Oceans are rough waters, which makes dock on land without putting a hole in your ship nearly impossible. Natural harbors shield the ships from the oceans waves and are deep enough to create docks that won't damage ships.

The Carolinas

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Multiple Choice

What reason were the Carolinas formed? MAKE SURE YOU CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE ON YOUR NOTES!

• Political

• Economic

• Religious

• Charity

Multiple Choice

How did the geography influence the early economic development of New York, Boston and Charleston?

• Long coastlines offered an abundance of natural resources

• Proximity to flooding rivers limited development

• natural harbors provided access to harbors

• extreme climates offered productive activity

Maryland

Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore as a safe place for Catholics that were being religiously persecuted in England. ​Wrote the tolerance act, which allowed religious freedom

Multiple Choice

What reason was Maryland formed? MAKE SURE YOU CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE ON YOUR NOTES!

• Political

• Economic

• Religious

• Charity

Multiple Choice

- lord baltimore organized the colony of maryland in 1633

- thomas hooker established the colony of Connecticut in 1636

- Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island in 1644

The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of -

• Freedom from debts

• religious freedom

• economic freedom

• freedom of speech

Georgia

In England, people that couldn't pay their bills were known as "debtor". If debtor's went too long without paying the people they owned, they were put in prison. Georgia was founded as a debtor's prison. Instead of going to an actual prison, they were charitably allowed to start a new life in Georgia!

fun fact- Great Britain was actually running out of space for prisons. Before proposing Georgia, they actually started using ships that were stuck on sandbars off the coast of England. One day, a candle on one of the ships caught fire can all the prisoners passed away. This encouraged the creation of Georgia. ​

Multiple Choice

What reason was Georgia formed? MAKE SURE YOU CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE ON YOUR NOTES!

• Political

• Economic

• Religious

• Charity

1.5 Notes Colonial Economy

By Tessa Frazier

Multiple Choice

Did you turn to your 1.5 notes?

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Mercantilism

Mercantilism was an economic policy that dictated colonies must produce raw materials for the mother country. The Mother Country (England​) would then produce the finished goods that profited much more money. The Navigation Acts helped Mercantilism by preventing the American Colonies from trading with countries other that Great Britain.

Multiple Choice

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have.

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

The Triangular Trade took raw materials from the Americas to Great Britain, Great Britain produced the finished product & exported it to the Americas and to Africa, and Africa would export slaves to the Americas. This is also known as the "transatlantic slave trade," slaves would travel through the "middle passage" which is a very dangerous stretch of the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Triangular Trade

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic Slave Trade?

• lack of skilled labor in the american colonies

• demand for slaves in american colonies that produced cash crops

• lack of protective tariffs in the american colonies

• demand for slaves in the industrialized american colonies

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