1. The Thirteen Colonies
By Emily Lacy

2. The New England Colonies
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island

3. New England Colonies
Religion
The people who settled in the New England
Colonies were on a religious journey because
they were not happy with the Church of
England.
• They arrived with their families.
• The Pilgrims settled in Massachusetts 1620 in
search of religious freedom.
• The Puritans settled in Massachusetts in 1630
and were a very strict religious discipline.

4. New England Colonies
Expansion
Rhode Island was founded by Puritans who
thought Massachusetts was too strict
Connecticut was founded by Puritans who
thought Massachusetts was not strict enough
New Hampshire was founded by adventurers
looking for religious freedom

5. New England Colonies
Economy
• Farming was predominantly for personal use.
• Trades consisted of fishing, shipbuilding,
lumbering and the fur trade.
• The Puritans and Pilgrims made their own
clothes and shoes.
• Boston was the major port.
• They were very self sufficient.

6. New England Colonies
Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade for the New England Colonies:
• New England Colonies produced rum
• Rum shipped to Africa to be traded for slaves
• Slaves sent to West Indies and traded for
molasses and sugar
• Molasses and sugar sent to New England to
make rum

7. Middle Colonies
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware

8. Middle Colonies
Religion
The middle colonies had a variety of religions
including:
Quakers
Mennonites
Lutherans
Dutch Calvinists
Presbyterians

9. Middle Colonies
People
• Many people did not bring their families
• Most socially and politically diverse
• Settled in the Middle Colonies to practice their
own religion
• Quakers settled in this area
• Quakers are against war and violence

10. Middle Colonies
Economy
• Economically diverse
• Excellent farm land for growing grain and
raising livestock
• Industry very important
– Factories in Maryland made iron
– Factories in Pennsylvania made paper and textiles

11. Southern Colonies
• Maryland
• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia

12. Southern Colonies
People
• The people who settled in this area wanted to
make money
• They brought their families with them and
they lived together on plantations

13. Southern Colonies
Plantations
Plantations were popular in the southern
colonies. These plantations were extremely
large and were very similar to small villages.
They typically consisted of the main home,
kitchen, servant/slave quarters, basically
everything required to be self-sufficient within
the plantation.

14. Southern Colonies
Slaves
Cash crops included tobacco, corn, rice and
indigo and they required lots of people to
harvest the crops. The southern colonies relied
on servants and slaves to work on the
plantations. The southern colonies had the
largest number of slaves. Slavery played an
important role in dividing the Carolinas into
North and South in 1729.

15. Southern Colonies
Triangular Trade
The triangular trade route helped the Southern
Colonies obtain slaves. Great Britain would
trade textiles and manufactured goods to Africa.
In turn, Africa would trade slaves to the
colonies. The slaves were transported by ship in
horrific conditions. Once the slaves were
offloaded in America, the ships were reloaded
with molasses, rum, sugar or tobacco and
traded to Great Britain to start the triangle all
over again.

16. The Great Awakening
Many people in the colonies lived too far from
churches and the Great Awakening brought
religious revivals closer to them. These revivals
contained preachings from the bible. Two of
the best known revival preachers were John
Edwards and George Whitefield. The Great
Awakening increased church membership.

17. Enlightenment Thinking
Enlightenment encouraged reasonable and
logical thinking. Benjamin Franklin was an
enlightened individual who was intelligent and
created several inventions. This time of
enlightenment increased education and
established public libraries.