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Colonial
Regions
The Three Regions
w New England
w Middle
Colonies
w Southern
Colonies
Environment,
Culture, and
Migration.
New England
New England
Environment
Culture
w  Northern Eastern Woodlands
w  Very Short Growing Season
w  Long Cold Winters
w  Large Forests
w  On the Atlantic Ocean
PRODUCTS
w  Subsistence Farming
w  Timber and Ship
Building Supplies
(Rope, Masts, Tar)
w  Dried Fish
w  Rum and other
Manufactured Trade
Goods
PEOPLE
w  Puritans and Pilgrims
who believed in
working hard and
following strict rules.
w  Merchants,
Manufacturers, and
Lawyers.
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New England
Middle Colonies
Government
Environment
w  Self-Governing
Charters
w  Town Meetings
w  The Mayflower
Compact
w  The
Fundamental
Orders of
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
w  Lower Eastern
Woodlands
w  Medium growing
season and cold
winters.
w  Many lakes and
rivers for
transportation.
Rhode Island
Middle Colonies
Middle Colonies
Culture
Government
PRODUCTS
w  Called the Bread
Colonies
w  Farmed Wheat, Oat,
Barley and Rye.
w  Made homespun
products.
w  Traded very little.
PEOPLE
w  People from: England,
the Netherlands,
France, Germany and
others.
w  Puritans, Quakers,
Anglicans, Catholics,
and Jews.
w  Proprietary
Charters
w  Religious
Freedom and
Tolerance
w  Freedom of the
Press
w  Strong Courts
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
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Southern Colonies
Environment & Culture
ENVIRONMENT
w  Atlantic and Gulf
Coastal Plains.
w  Long growing season
and fertile land.
w  Warm for most of the
year
PRODUCTS
w  Farmed Tobacco,
Rice, Indigo, and
Cotton.
w  Trade “cash crops”
farmed on Plantations.
w  Purchase
manufactured goods.
Southern Colonies
Government
w  Joint-Stock andVirginia
Proprietary
Charters.
w  The House of
Burgesses
w  Colonies run for
the profit of the
Joint-Stock
Company or
Proprietors.
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Southern
Colonies
Culture
w  Anglicans
w  English Plantation
Owners, Indentured
Servants, Transported
Criminals, and Slaves.
Colonial Regions
Vocabulary
w  Merchant: A person who produces or trades
goods.
w  Subsistence Farming: When a family grows
only enough food to survive.
w  Homespun: Products that are made at home
(furniture, clothing, etc.)
w  Cash Crops: Crops that are grown in large
amounts and sold for a profit.
Georgia
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Colonial Regions
Vocabulary
w  Indentured Servants: People who are
brought to the colonies and must work to pay
off the trip.
w  Transported Criminals: Criminals that are
taken from jail and made to work in the
colonies.
w  Slaves: People captured in Africa and sold to
plantation owners. The plantation owner
saw them as property.
Colonial
Regions
The End
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