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28 Cards in this Set
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New England Resources |
Natural Resources--timber, fish, deep harbors Human Resources--skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers, shipbuilders Capital Resources--tools and buildings |
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New England Geography and Climate |
Geography: Appalachian Mountains, Boston harbor, hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline Climate: moderate summers, cold winters |
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New England Specialization |
-fishing -shipbuilding -naval supplies -metal tools and equipment |
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New England Examples of Interdependence |
The New England colonies depended on the Southern colonies for crops such as tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo, and for forest products such as lumber tar,and pitch. The depended on the Mid-Atlantic colonies for livestock and grain. |
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New England Social and Political Life |
Social Life: Village and church were the centers of life. Religious reformers and separatists. Civic Life: town meetings |
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Mid-Atlantic Resources |
Natural Resources: rich farmland, rivers Human Resources: unskilled and skilled workers, fisherman Capital Resources: tools and buildings |
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Mid-Atlantic Geography and Climate |
Geography: Appalachian Mountains, coastal lowlands, harbors and bays, wide and deep rivers Climate: mild winters and moderate climate |
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Mid-Atlantic Specialization |
-livestock -grain -fish |
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Mid-Atlantic Examples of Interdependence |
The Mid-Atlantic colonies traded to get the products they did not produce. They depended on the Southern colonies for tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo, and forest products. They traded with New England colonies for metal tools and equipment. |
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Mid-Atlantic Social and Political Life |
Social Life: Villages and cities, varied and diverse lifestyles, diverse religions Civic Life: market towns |
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Southern Resources |
Natural Resources: fertile land, rivers, harbors Human Resources: farmers, enslaved African Americans Capital Resources: tools and buildings |
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Southern Geography and Climate |
Geography: Applachian Mountains, Piedmont, Atlantic Coastal Plain, good harbors and rivers Climate: Humid climate with mild winters and hot summers |
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Southern Specialization |
-tobacco -rice -cotton -indigo -wood products (lumber, tar, pitch) |
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Southern Examples of Interdependence |
The Southern colonies depended on the New England colonies for manufactured goods, including metal tools,and equipment and the Mid-Atlantic for grains and other agricultural products. |
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Southern Social and Political Life |
Social Life: Plantations (slavery), mansions, indentured servants, few cities, fewer schools, Church of England Civic Life: counties |
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Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) |
-economic venture |
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Jamestown |
-first permanent English settlement in North America (1607), an economic venture by the Virginia Company |
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Plymouth |
-settled for religious reasons -settled by separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious persecution |
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Massachusetts Bay |
-settled for religious reasons -settled by Puritans who wanted to avoid religious persecution |
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Pennsylvania |
-settled for religious reasons -settled by Quakers who wanted freedom to practice their faith |
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Georgia |
-settled for economic reasons -settled by people who had been in debtors prison in England. They hoped to experience economic freedom and start a new life in the New World |
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Large Landowners |
Lived in South, relied on indentured servants and/or enslaved African Americans, were educated in some cases, had rich social culture |
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Women |
Worked as caretakers, house-workers, and homemakers, but were not allowed to vote and had few opportunities for getting an education. |
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Farmers |
Worked the land and relied on family members for labor for the farm. |
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Artisans |
Craftsmen in towns and on the plantations, lived in small villages and cities. |
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Free African Americans |
Were able to own land, had economic freedom and could work and pay and decide how to spend their money; not allowed to vote |
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Indentured servants |
Made a contract to work in return for passage to the colonies. They were free at the end of the contract. |
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Enslaved African Americans |
Captured in their native Africa, sold to slave traders, shipped to colonies where they were sold into slavery. They were owned as property for life without any rights. They were born into slavery (Children of enslaved African Americans were born into slavery.) |
