SOUTHERN AND NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
Mar 27, 2015
SOUTHERN AND NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
# 56. I can compare how VERY DIFFERENT the New England Colonies were compared to the Southern
Colonies that we read about in Section One. W.S. 83
SOUTHERN COLONIES1.Depended on
Agriculture/Cash crop Tobacco
2. Exported materials for building ships
3. Warm Climate/Slavery!4. Long Growing Seasons5. small farms and large
plantations
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
1. Often harsh climate
2. 2. Rocky soil
3. Few farms could grow crops
4. Slavery will never become very important here
5. Little demand for farm labor
SOUTHERN COLONIES
MARYLAND
VIRGINIA
NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA
SOUTHERN COLONIES
• 1.Depended on Agriculture/Cash crop Tobacco
• 2. Exported materials for building ships
• 3. Warm Climate/Slavery!
• 4. Long Growing Seasons
• 5. small farms and large plantations
THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MASSACHUSETTES
CONNECTICUT
RHODE ISLAND
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
• Often harsh climate
• 2. Rocky soil
• 3. Few farms could grow crops
• 4. Slavery will never become very important here
• 5. Little demand for farm labor
#57 NEW ENGLAND’S ECONOMY
TRADE WAS HUGE!•FUR
•BEEF•PORK
ENGLAND’S ECONOMY
• FISHING AND WHALING WERE ALSO HUGE IN THE NEW
ENGLAND COLONIES
#58 Shipbuilding also became an important industry in New England because:
• plenty of forests that provided the right material
• Slave industry needed ships
• Fishing industry also needed ships
# 59. I can define the word apprentice:
Younger people who learned skilled trades such as blacksmithing, weaving, shipbuilding and printing.
WEAVING AND PRINTING
60. RECAP: I can list 5 jobs that were common in the New England Colonies.
• 1. blacksmithing
• 2. weaving
• 3. shipbuilding
• 4. printing
• 5. fishing
61. I can read the excerpt on Education on p. 84 of your New England
Colonies Packet and explain why education was important to them.
• To ensure that future generations would have educated ministers,
• communities established town schools.
• They also wanted to make sure the children learned to read about their communities religious values.
• 62. I can list the colonies that made up the New England Colonies:
THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MASSACHUSETTES
CONNECTICUT
RHODE ISLAND
• 63. I can list the colonies that made up the SOUTHERN COLONIES
SOUTHERN COLONIES
MARYLANDVIRGINIANORTH CAROLINASOUTH CAROLINAGEORGIA
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
• 1. FINISH OR TAKE MAP QUIZ FROM FRIDAY! EXTRA CREDIT DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD!
• FINISH STATION PACKET FROM LAST FRIDAY!
• COMPLETE PILGRIM W.S.• START HOMEWORK: I CAN STATEMENTS 56-
63• START STUDYING # 26-63! QUIZ THURSDAY!• CHECK BINDER FOR ANY MISSING WORK!