British Colonies by Region
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The 13 British Colonies
The 13 colonies can be
divided into 4 regions based
on differences in:
Geography&
resources
Climate
Economy
Social or religious structure
The Chesapeake
Virginia
Maryland
Chesapeake
Colonies
1640
The Chesapeake
Land surrounding the
Chesapeake Bay
Many deep rivers – means of
transporting goods to European
markets
Virginia
Established through joint-stock company
Investors purchased stock in venture hoping
to reap a profit as colony prospered
London Company (later called the Virginia
Company)
Granted royal charter from King James in
1606 to establish plantations in Virginia
Jamestown
established in 1607
named for King James I
the first permanent English settlement
thrived after colonists discovered the
ease and profitability of growing
tobacco in the area
Maryland
1632 – Charter granted by Charles I to Lord
Baltimore
Named for Queen Mary
Refuge for persecuted Catholics fleeing England
Protestants were welcome
Catholics were instructed to practice their religion
discreetly
Charter set up a social structure similar to feudal
system of the Middle Ages
New England
Colonies
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New
England
Colonies
New England
Colonies
Colder climate
Rockier soil, but farming is
still possible
Abundant forests and access
to water
Massachusetts
• Protestant Reformation – religious reformers
seeking to purify Anglicanism of all
Catholicism
• Puritan Separatists – chose to separate
entirely from the Church of England
• Obtained land patent from Virginia Company
of London for land in Virginia
• Mayflower comes ashore off course in
Massachusetts, instead of Virginia
• Plymouth Colony
• Begins the “The Great Migration” of Puritans
to Massachusetts area
Rhode Island
Founded by Roger Williams
1636 - Banished from Massachusetts
Questioned the taking of land from the
Indians without payment
Questioned authority of civil leaders to
enforce religious law
Colony became a model of religious
tolerance for all Christian groups
Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Middle Colonies
Middle Colonies
Diversity of people
Diversity of economic
activity
Pennsylvania
founded by William Penn
as a refuge for Quakers
William
Penn
Southern Colonies
the Carolinas
Georgia
Southern
Colonies
Southern Colonies
fertile farmland
warm
flat
rainy
access to water
Georgia
Founded
by James
Oglethorpe
Refuge
for debtors who
had been imprisoned in
England