NEW ENGLAND MIDDLE SOUTHERN NAMES OF GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES INDUSTRIES SETTLEMENT PATTERNS (How does it look from the sky?) MAIN LABOR FORCES (Who is doing the work?) RELIGION NATIONALITIES THAT SETTLED HERE IMPORTANT DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPALS ESTABLISHED HERE REASONS FOR FOUNDING
Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Hilly Heavily forested Thin, rocky soil Long, cold winters Short growing Many good harbors Good growing Excellent harbors Warm climate Long growing Large coastal plain Fishing and whaling Shipbuilding Ship supplies Lumber Trade Cash crop agriculture wheat and other grains Trade and manufacturing Cash crop agriculture tobacco, rice, and indigo plantations Villages centered around a central green with a church Small farms near the village Port cities (Boston) Medium-sized family farms along rivers Port cities New York and Philadelphia Plantations spread inland from the coast along rivers Cities were along the coast or on the fall line of rivers Baltimore, Richmond
Indentured servants Indentured servants Slaves (African) Some indentured servants in the early colonial days Puritan Quakers Protestants Jews Anglican Church (in Maryland) Dutch German Swedish Welsh Irish French African Scotch Irish (in the western highlands and Appalachian Mountains) (Mayflower Compact and Rhode Island) Written Laws and constitutions Fundamental Orders of Belief in Freedom of religion (PA) Representative Assembly to make laws the Virginia House of Burgesses Freedom of religion Religious Toleration Act of 1649. for Pilgrims & Puritans from Puritans for Quakers for Place for debtors and a buffer between the Spanish
NAMES OF GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS INDUSTRIES Suggested organization for the Card Sort New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Massachusetts New York Maryland New Jersey Virginia Rhode Island Delaware North Carolina New Hampshire Pennsylvania South Carolina Georgia Hilly Heavily forested Thin, rocky soil Long, cold winters Short growing Many good harbors Fishing and whaling Shipbuilding Ship supplies Lumber Trade Good growing Excellent harbors Cash crop agriculture wheat and other grains Trade and manufacturing Warm climate Long growing Large coastal plain Cash crop agriculture tobacco, rice, and indigo plantations SETTLEMENT PATTERNS (How does it look from the sky?) MAIN LABOR FORCES (Who is doing the work?) RELIGION NATIONALITIES IMPORTANT DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES REASONS FOR FOUNDING THE COLONY Villages centered around a central green with a church Small farms near the village Port cities (Boston) Indentured servants Puritan (Mayflower Compact and Rhode Island) Written Laws and constitutions Fundamental Orders of Religious freedom for Pilgrims & Puritans Religious freedom from Puritans Medium-sized family farms along rivers Port cities New York and Philadelphia Indentured servants Quakers Protestants Jews Dutch German Swedish Welsh Irish French Belief in Freedom of religion (PA) Plantations spread inland from the coast along rivers Cities were along the coast or on the fall line of rivers Baltimore, Richmond Slaves (African) Some indentured servants in the early colonial days Anglican Church (in Maryland) African Scotch Irish (in the western highlands and Appalachian Mountains) Representative Assembly to make laws the Virginia House of Burgesses Freedom of religion Religious Toleration Act of 1649. for Place for debtors and a buffer between the Spanish