Breadbasket Colonies
Middle Colonies
Most diverse
Middle Colonies
Much trade - large port cities
Middle Colonies
Most religiously tolerant
Middle Colonies
Mixture of some towns, some farms (not plantations) and cities
Middle Colonies
Productive land, but shorter growing season than South
Middle Colonies
Small amounts of slavery (mostly in cities)
Middle Colonies
Beginnings of anti-slavery movement
Middle Colonies
Many Dutch and German settlers
Middle Colonies
Location of the "Holy Experiment
Middle Colonies
Frontier-living
Backcountry
Dense forest, mountains, streams
Backcountry
Mainly Scots-Irish
Backcountry
Main religion was Presbyterian
Backcountry
Clashes with natives over land and resources
Backcountry
Small independent farms
Backcountry
Very-spread out
Backcountry
Clan system helped people survive
Backcountry
Western region of all 13 colonies
Backcountry
Wild place" that resented gov't control, but desired democracy and freedom
Backcountry
Mostly Puritan religion
New England Colonies
Very few slaves/ less than 2%
New England Colonies
King Philip's War
New England Colonies
Values of hard work, education, representative government, town meetings
New England Colonies
Challenges to lifestyle occurred when people with differing values arrived�such as money, and other religions
New England Colonies
Farming in this region was all subsistence farming
New England Colonies
Mostly middle class, educated, skilled settlers
New England Colonies
Congregations formed towns with a common
New England Colonies
Rocky soil/ short growing season
New England Colonies
Fishing, Whaling, Logging, Shipbuilding, Trade
New England Colonies
Very few immigrants�diversity seen in African culture, religions, and language
Southern Colonies
Social tension between elite and poorer farmers and frontiersmen
Southern Colonies
The elite was the smallest group but had the most economic and political power
Southern Colonies
Bacon's Rebellion
Southern Colonies
Mostly Anglicans
Southern Colonies
Lived in plantations�self-sufficient communities
(very few towns)
Southern Colonies
Used slave labor
Southern Colonies
Lived along the Tidewater
Southern Colonies
Cash crops�tobacco, rice, and indigo
Southern Colonies
Year round growing season, warm climate, good soil
Southern Colonies