Agenda for 1/26

1. America Has Always Been (and still is)  a Nation of Immigrants

2. The American Colonies - video summary

3. The American Colonies - Notes

1. New England Colonies

A. Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

B. The Puritans from England - a Puritan was a type of Christian who was not welcome in England

C. People lived on small farms. Towns were run by town meetings. The church was very strict and people had to follow lots of rules, especially women.

D. 

• Climate/Geography: cold winters, mild summers. Soil was rocky and hard to farm. Cold weather meant less disease. Lots of trees/forests.
• Religion: very strict, lots of rules made by the church. No celebrations. People were not allowed to have different beliefs.
• Economy: Small farms, fishing, logging (trees), shipbuilding, slave trading.

2. Middle Colonies

A. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

B. New York: started by the Dutch (Netherlands), taken by New York in 1664. Pennsylvania: started by Englishman Willian Penn.

C. The colonies had big cities where lots of trading happened. They also had farms that grew lots of grains (for bread).

D.

• Climate/Geography: warm summers, cold winters, land was both flat and had mountains. Land was good for farming.
• Religion: many different religions from many countries, but most were Christian. People were allowed to have different beliefs.
• Economy: Farming (grains most important), Shipping/Trading (NYC and Philadelphia). 

3. Southern Colonies:

A. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

B. Wealthy people from England

C. People lived (or worked) on large plantations (farms). Both white people and black people worked as slaves, but at about 7 years of work, white people would be free. Black workers (and their children) were slaves for life.

D.

• Climate/Geography: hot summers, mild winters. Prefect for farming and long growing season. Hot weather led to lots of disease.
• Religion: Most people were Anglican, a type of Christian.
• Economy: Farming: rice, indigo, sugar, most important - Tobacco

4. Life for black slaves was very bad. They had no rights, were treated as property, could not marry without permission, were beaten or killed if they did not follow the rules, had no freedom. 

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