NH
NY
PA
MA
NJ
Conn RI
MD
Interactive Map Part Two
VA
DEL
SC
GA
Interactive Map of the 13 colonies
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Founders- Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson (1624)
Reasons Founded- money and natural resources
People- Patroons (wealthy Dutch landowners with riverfront
estates); mixed Europeans (ethnic diversity), and indentured
servants
Climate and Geography- harbor; soil was fertile but had trees and
rocks closer to New England; hot, humid summers and bitter
winters
Economy- farmers, merchants and tradesmen, fur, lumber and
shipping, “BreadBasket Colonies”
Religion- religious toleration
Government- governor appointed by the king of England
Pennsylvania
Founders- William Penn (1681)
Reasons Founded- escape religious persecution in
England
People- Quakers and other religious groups, many
nationalities
Climate and Geography- fertile land and heavily
forested, iron ore, hot summers and cold winters
Economy- farms that produced grains and dairy cattle,
“Breadbasket Colonies”, merchants and tradesmen,
lumber
Religion- religious toleration
Government- political freedoms and self-government;
representative assembly
Founders- Lord Berkeley and Sir
George Carteret (1664)
Reasons Founded- profit and trade
People- originally Dutch, then other
Europeans
Climate and Geography- cold winters,
hot and humid summers, longer growing
season than New York
Economy- Fishing, but no natural
harbors so not as much trade, natural
resources, and farming
Religion- Freedom of religion, a strong
history of religious toleration
Government- a royal colony where
colonists made local laws
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Founders- Lord George Calvert (1632)
Reasons Founded- Catholics could practice their
religion
People- Catholics, Protestants who had been
persecuted
Climate and Geography- Chesapeake Bay was
surrounded by fertile land; colder winters, hot
and humid summers; iron ore
Economy- farms that raised grains, tobacco, flax,
fishing (Chesapeake Bay)
Religion- religious toleration
Government- free men elected representatives;
Representatives who owed loyalty to Lord Calvert
Founders- John Smith of Virginia Co.
(Jamestown first permanent
settlement in 1607)
Reasons Founded- investment to make
money
People- Europeans seeking
opportunities for cheap land, African
slaves
Climate and Geography- mild winters,
hot summers; flat, fertile land; swampy
in the east; wooded mountains in the
west
Economy- crops such as tobacco,
cotton, indigo and rice
Religion- state-established Church of
England
Government- land owners elected
representatives to the House of
Burgesses; House of Burgesses- first
representative government in America
Virginia
The Carolinas
Founders- eight Lord Proprietors who were
friends of King Charles II (1663)
Reasons Founded- wanted to invest and make
money
People- Europeans fleeing religious persecution,
indentured servants, African slaves
Climate and Geography- mild winter, hot
summers; flat, fertile land; swampy in the east,
wooded mountains in the west
Economy- crops such as tobacco, cotton, indigo
and rice
Religion- religious freedom
Government- ruled by the King, Parliament and
the Lord Proprietors
(Split into North and
South Carolina in 1729)
Georgia- George II founded it but James
Oglethorpe set up the colony (1732)
Reasons Founded- new start for debtors
who had been imprisoned
People- debtors (people who owed money to
others, but could not pay); Europeans
seeking religious freedom and cheap land;
African slaves
Climate and Geography- mild winters, hot
summers; flat, fertile land; swampy in the
east; wooded mountains in the west
Economy- crops such as tobacco, cotton,
indigo and rice
Religion- religious toleration
Government- landowners elected
representatives to the Common House of
Assembly
Georgia
Settlement Patterns
Hudson
Portsmouth
New England
Colonies
products
Plymouth
Dover
Middle Colonies
Products
Jamestown
Wilmington
Southern Colonies
products
Charlestown
Savannah
1.
Based upon the location
of the waterways and
proximity to the ocean,
describe the settlement
patterns.
2. What area of the
colonies have a greater
population and why?
New England
Products
The New England Colonies
were 3200 miles from the
mother country
Distance from the mother country
Middle Colonies
Products
The middle colonies were
3600 miles from the
mother country
Distance from the mother country
Southern colonies
products
The southern colonies
were 3800 miles from
the mother country
Distance from the mother country
Back to
settlement
patterns
Back to distance from
the mother country
New England Colonies
New England products
1.
How did the climate affect the
type of products produced in
New England?
2. How did the geographic
proximity to the Grand Banks
of Newfoundland affect the
economy?
3. Did being closer to the mother
country affect trade?
4. Where were most of the
principal cities located? How
was this affected by products?
Back to
settlement
patterns
Middle Colonies
Back to distance from
the mother country
Middle Colony Products
1.
How does climate affect
colonial farm products?
2. Why is the port of New
York so important to the
middle colonies?
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settlement
patterns
Southern Colonies
Back to distance from
the mother country
Southern Colonies
1. What geographic
factors contribute to
the consistency of the
southern colonies’
products?
2. How do the settlement
patterns of the southern
colonies lend themselves
to the production of
cash crops?