Download British Colonies by Region

The 13 British Colonies
The 13 colonies can be
divided into 4 regions based
on differences in:
 Geography&
resources
 Climate
 Economy
 Social or religious structure
The Chesapeake
Virginia
 Maryland
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Chesapeake
Colonies
1640
The Chesapeake
Land surrounding the
Chesapeake Bay
 Many deep rivers – means of
transporting goods to European
markets
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Virginia
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Established through joint-stock company
Investors purchased stock in venture hoping
to reap a profit as colony prospered
London Company (later called the Virginia
Company)
Granted royal charter from King James in
1606 to establish plantations in Virginia
Jamestown
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established in 1607
named for King James I
the first permanent English settlement
thrived after colonists discovered the
ease and profitability of growing
tobacco in the area
Maryland
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1632 – Charter granted by Charles I to Lord
Baltimore
Named for Queen Mary
Refuge for persecuted Catholics fleeing England
Protestants were welcome
Catholics were instructed to practice their religion
discreetly
Charter set up a social structure similar to feudal
system of the Middle Ages
New England
Colonies
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New
England
Colonies
New England
Colonies
Colder climate
Rockier soil, but farming is
still possible
Abundant forests and access
to water
Massachusetts
• Protestant Reformation – religious reformers
seeking to purify Anglicanism of all
Catholicism
• Puritan Separatists – chose to separate
entirely from the Church of England
• Obtained land patent from Virginia Company
of London for land in Virginia
• Mayflower comes ashore off course in
Massachusetts, instead of Virginia
• Plymouth Colony
• Begins the “The Great Migration” of Puritans
to Massachusetts area
Rhode Island
 Founded by Roger Williams
 1636 - Banished from Massachusetts
 Questioned the taking of land from the
Indians without payment
Questioned authority of civil leaders to
enforce religious law
Colony became a model of religious
tolerance for all Christian groups
Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
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Middle Colonies
Middle Colonies
Diversity of people
 Diversity of economic
activity
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Pennsylvania
founded by William Penn
as a refuge for Quakers
William
Penn
Southern Colonies
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the Carolinas
Georgia
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Southern
Colonies
Southern Colonies
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fertile farmland
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warm
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flat
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rainy
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access to water
Georgia
 Founded
by James
Oglethorpe
 Refuge
for debtors who
had been imprisoned in
England