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Title: The 13 Original Colonies


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The 13 Original Colonies
  • By Taylor, Emily, and Chris

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Why these 13 colonies were founded.
  • New England, Religious Freedom, Farming, and
    Trade.
  • Middle Colonies, Religious Freedom,
    Trade,Farming.
  • Southern colonies, Trade, Farming, Religious
    Freedom, Home for debtors.

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New England Colonies
  • Rhode Island, founded in 1636 by Royer
    Williams
  • Connecticut, founded in 1636 by Thomas
    Hooker
  • Massachusetts, founded in 1630 by John
    Winthrop
  • New Hampshire, founded in 1638 by John
    Wheelwright

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Middle Colonies
  • New York,founded in 1626 by Peter Minuit
  • New Jersey,founded in 1664 by English Colonists
  • Delaware,founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit
  • Pennsylvania,founded in 1682 by William
    Penn

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Southern Colonies
  • Maryland, founded in 1633 by Lord Baltimar
  • Virginia, founded in 1607 by John Smith
  • North Carolina, founded in 1653 by Virginia
    Colonists
  • South Carolina, founded in 1633 by English
    Colonists
  • Georgia, founded in 1732 by James
    Oglethorpe

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New England Geographic Characteristics
  • Rhode Island, Narraganset bay, Atlantic Ocean,
    Coastal Lowlands
  • Connecticut, Mt.Frissel,Candlewood
    lake,Connecticut River
  • Massachusetts,Fall River, Lake Webster,
    Massachusetts Bay
  • New Hampshire, White Mt.,Mt Washington,Atlantic
    Ocean.

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Middle Colonies Geographical Characteristics
  • New York,Atlantic Ocean,Lake Ontario,Lake
    Erie,Lake Champlain
  • New Jersey,Atlantic Ocean,5,303 square miles of
    water,Lake Hopatcong
  • Delaware,Atlantic Ocean,535 square miles of
    water,lakes none
  • Pennsylvania,Atlantic Ocean,1239 square miles of
    water,Lake Erie

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Southern Colonies Geographic Characteristic
  • Virginia, Jamestown River,Chesapeake
    bay,Rappahannoe River
  • North Carolina,Mt. Michele,Cape fear,Roanoke
    River
  • South Carolina,Lake Springs, Santee
    River,Atlantic Ocean
  • Georgia,Savana River, Alatamatia River Atlantic
    Ocean
  • Maryland, Potamac River , Delaware River, Steven
    River

9
Key Founders Of New England Colonies
  • None

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Key Founders of Middle Colonies
  • Peter Minuit found New York In 1626 and 12 years
    later in 1638 he was the founder of Delaware.

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Key founders Of Southern Colonies
  • John Smith founded Virginia in 1607 He also
    helped James Town Survive.

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What did religion do to help make your colony?
  • They did a role in my Colony by being free and
    did what religion they wanted.

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What did religion do to help make your colony?
  • Religion did a role so people could be free and
    live here.

15
What did religion do to help make your Colony?
  • Religion did a role in my colony Because people
    wanted to be free and do what religion they
    wanted.

16
Economic conditions of New England
  • They grew corn and beans and sold tobacco.

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Economic conditions of the Middle Colonies
  • They sold land to get money they also sold
    tobacco and grew corn for a crop.

18
Economic conditions of the Southern Colonies
  • The conditions are planting rice,tobacco,indo
    these are the cash crops. And plantantastions,
    big farms.

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New England's attitude towards Slavery
  • They were against slavery and because of that
    they had the civil war.

20
Middle colonies attude towards Slavery
  • The Middle Colonies were against slavery.

21
Southern colonies attitude towards Slavery
  • The attitude towards slavery was that they would
    go to war to keep them.

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CREDITS
  • Colonel Living p.g 155 for illness.
  • Social Studies Book for maps.
  • Atlas for more maps.

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