Colonial Regions

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ColonialRegions

• Environment, Culture, and Migration.

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The Three Regions

• New England
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies

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New EnglandEnvironment

• Northern Eastern Woodlands
• Very Short Growing Season
• Long Cold Winters
• Large Forests
• On the Atlantic Ocean

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New EnglandCulture

• PRODUCTS
• Subsistence Farming
• Dried Fish
• Manufactured Trade Goods

• PEOPLE
• Puritans and Pilgrims who believed in working
  hard and following strict rules.
• Merchants, Manufacturers, and Lawyers.

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New EnglandGovernment

• Self-Governing Charters
• Town Meetings
• The Mayflower Compact

New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
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Middle ColoniesEnvironment

• Lower Eastern Woodlands
• Medium growing season and cold winters.
• Many lakes and rivers for transportation.

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Middle ColoniesCulture

• PRODUCTS
• Called the Bread Colonies
• Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye.
• Made homespun products.
• Traded very little.

• PEOPLE
• Mixed religion groups

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Middle ColoniesGovernment
New York

• Religious Freedom and Tolerance
• Freedom of the Press
• Strong Courts

Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
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Southern ColoniesEnvironment Culture

• ENVIRONMENT
• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains.
• Long growing season and fertile land.

• PRODUCTS
• Farmed Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton.
• Trade cash crops farmed on Plantations.

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Southern ColoniesPeople

• Anglicans (religion)
• English Plantation Owners, Indentured Servants,
  Transported Criminals, and Slaves.

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Southern ColoniesGovernment
Maryland
Virginia

• The House of Burgesses a elected government in
  Virginia

North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
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Colonial RegionsVocabulary

• Merchant A person who produces or trades goods.
• Subsistence Farming When a family grows only
  enough food to survive.
• Homespun Products that are made at home
  (furniture, clothing, etc.)
• Cash Crops Crops that are grown in large amounts
  and sold for a profit.