The Thirteen (British)

Colonies Introduction

Objective: Summarize the distinct characteristics

of each colonial region of British North America,
including religious, social, political, and
economic differences.
Thirteen Colonies
New England
Northern Colonies

Mid-Atlantic
Middle Colonies

Southern
Southern Colonies
New England
RELIGIOUS

Motives for
Colonizing
 Religion

New Religious
England Freedom
(Tolerance)

LIMITED
Mid-
Atlantic Diversity
& Tolerance

Religion
Southern NOT
a motive
 The Pilgrims
(Plymouth)

English Separatists - People who were

practicing a religion that was illegal in
England.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans We shall be as
a city upon a
hill, the eyes
of all people
are upon us.

John Winthrop
Governor
They were to be an example for the
rest of the world in rightful living.
TOLERATION

Religious dissenters,
such as Roger
Williams and Anne
Hutchinson, were
EXILED.
Williams started the
Rhode Island colony.
Williams Hutchinson
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
(Limited) Religious Toleration & Diversity

Quakers
Pennsylvania
Quakers (Religious Society of Catholics
Friends) - No one should be forced Maryland
to do anything. Everyone should
have freedom of conscience.
Southern Colonies
All About the Benjamins

Church of England
Established
 Religion

New Religious
England Freedom
(Tolerance)

LIMITED
Mid-
Atlantic Diversity
& Tolerance

Religion
Southern NOT
a motive
Comparing Societies
New Egalitarian
England (Clergy Dominant)

*Egalitarian - Believing that all

people are equal and deserve equal
rights and opportunities.

Southern Hierarchical
(Landowners Dominant)

*Hierarchical - Arranged in order of

rank. People know their place.
Plantation Slavery
(Drives the economy
for Southern Colonies)
English Political Traditions
Help shape
traditions in
Colonial America
Popular Government

English
Political
Traditions
 Town Meetings
Popular Government
in New England
Egalitarian (All people are equal)
Democratic (Votes by majority)
 House of Burgesses
Representative
Government in Virginia

Aristocratic Representative
(Land Owners)
Comparing Economies
Commerce
New
Shipbuilding
England
Fishing

Staple Crops
Mid- Wheat, Corn
Atlantic
Family Farms

CASH Crops
Southern Tobacco, Rice, Indigo

Slave Labor
 RAW FINISHED
GOODS GOODS

SLAVES

The
Triangular
Trade
Economic Regulation
(Primarily of Trade)

(1651)
- British Colonies had to trade with either
British colonies or with England.

SALUTARY NEGLECT
Strict Enforcement = Left alone
 ENGLISH
Graphic REGION(S)
COLONIZED
Atlantic Coast,
Canada
Organizer RELIGION Protestant
INTERESTED 1. Settlers
PARTIES 2. Religious Dissidents
PRIMARY Agriculture
ECONOMIC
Trade
ACTIVITY
SETTLEMENTS Towns / Farms
NUMBER OF MANY
English Colonization COLONISTS
of the Americas EVANGELISM? NO
ADVICE TO Get out of my way!
THE NATIVES