Unit #1- Lesson #2- Geography. Lesson #2 - Geography Describe how the geography will affect these settlers. Use specific details.

Unit #1- Lesson #2- Geography

Lesson #2 - Geography

Describe how the geography will affect these settlers. Use specific details.


Essential Question:How did geography affect where and how communities were formed?


Lesson #2 Vocabulary• Cash Crops• Colony• Citizen• Settlements


The New England Colonies- Page 111) Read the selection 2) Record the main ideas/concepts from

the selection.


Arrange your notes according to this blueprint.

• Establishment• Farms• Climate• Coastal Towns• Industry• Resources


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Open your packet to page 11-12.


New England Colonies: Establishment

Plymouth- 1620New Hampshire- 1630Massachusetts Bay-1630Rhode Island-1636


New England Colonies: Farms• Small farms and villages scattered

throughout the country side.• They grew crops of rye, corn,

pumpkins, squash, beans, peas, carrots.

• Raised sheep, pigs, cows and chickens


New England Colonies: Climate• The colonists experienced harsh

winters and mild summers. • The land was rocky and difficult to

farm.


New England Colonies: Coastal TownsThey were the most important commercial areas in the colonies.New England Colonies: IndustriesFishing, whaling, ship building, saw mills

Slave trade was increased due to these industries.


New England Colonies: Resources Whale oil was a valuable resource used to light homes and businesses.


The Middle Colonies- Page 131) Read the selection 2) Record the main ideas/concepts from

the selection.



• Establishment• Land and Climate• Industry• Resources


Middle Colonies- EstablishmentLocated along the Appalachian Mts.New York- 1626Delaware- 1638Maryland- 1634New Jersey- 1660Pennsylvania- 1682


Middle Colonies: Land and Climate• The land and the moderate

climate were ideal for farming. Middle Colonies: Industries• These colonies were known as the

breadbasket colonies because the farms that produces so much wheat.


Middle Colonies: Industries continued• Flour Mills to grind the wheat• Shipbuilding in the port cities• They made their money through

trading with other colonies and countries.

• Port Cities had marketplaces for farmers to sell their products.


Middle Colonies: ResourcesPeople from all over the world were attracted to the Middle Colonies due to the abundance of resources.


The Southern Colonies- Page 151) Read the selection 2) Record the main ideas/concepts from

the selection.



• Establishment• Climate• Plantations• Life in colonies• Towns and cities• Settlers


The Southern Colonies: Establishment• Virginia- 1607• Maryland- 1633• North Carolina- 1653• Georgia- 1733• South Carolina- 1670


The Southern Colonies: Climate• The humidity of the Southern

Colonies allows for a great farming environment.


The Southern Colonies: Plantations • Large southern farms that used

slave labor to harvest cotton, rice, indigo and cotton.

• Success on plantations relied on slaves and indentured servants.

• Plantations were like small villages


The Southern Colonies: Daily Life• Life centered on farming• Very little time for education• Boys were educated more than

girls. • Boys had a greater opportunity


The Southern Colonies: Towns and Cities• There were very few towns and cities• Most towns were county seats• Used for trading• Slaves were bought and sold


The Southern Colonies: Settlers• Lived on the frontier• Made living by hunting and

trapping• The settlers banded together to

build forts for protection from Native Indians.


Unit #1- Lesson #2- Geography. Lesson #2 - Geography Describe how the geography will affect these settlers. Use specific details.

Documents

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citiessettlers unit

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powerpoint presentation

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