In this powerpoint you will find infromation on Jamestown and the Middle Colonies.

1. 8th Grade US History
Review

2. Jamestown
 May 14, 1607 the Virginia Company founded
Jamestown
 Site was bad, too close to the sea, on low
swampy land. Mosquitoes everywhere
 Because of location and the people, began
getting sick and died
 Because no one new how to farm starvation
was a constant problem
 Only way they survived was because of
American Indian tribes giving them food.
 Tobacco became the largest crop produced
by the colony
 First successful colony in the New World

4. The American Colonies

6. The New England Colony
 Included: New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, and Connecticut
 Not suitable for farming
 Early colonists chose to stay by the
harbors in small villages or towns
 Where major trade and business hubs
 Most of the daily routine was governed by
religious beliefs
 First settlers where the Puritans at
Plymouth in 1630s

7. The Middle Colony
 Included: New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, and Delaware
 More suitable land for farming, produced
a lot of grains, ex. (Corn and wheat)
 They also contained a cottage industry
 Philadelphia major shipping port
 Had a major Quaker influence
 Was a melting pot of other nations such
as the Dutch (New York)

8. Southern Colonies
 included Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
 Predominately a rural colony
 The geography gave rise to the plantation
lifestyle
 Wealth came from growing cash crops like:
rice, tobacco, and indigo
 Plantation owners developed and
aristocratic lifestyle
 Main force of labor was slave labor, but
also contained indentured servants