13 colonies

What are the states in the New England colonies?

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

What are the states in the Middle colonies?

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware

What are the states in the Southern colonies?

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

What type of government did the New England Colonies use?

The most direct form of democracy, town meetings

What type of government did the Middle Colonies use?

Used representative legislatures who were elected to vote on matters

What type of government did the Southern Colonies use?

A monarchy that listened to a king

How did the New England Colonies run economically?

Fishing, shipbuilding, trade, naval stores, fur

How did the Middle Colonies run economically?

Fishing, grain farms, seaports, ironwork (Known as the bread basket)

How did the Southern run economically?

Plantations and small farms

What was the New England colonies’ religious view/ religious connection to the state?

Congregational church (Tax supported churches, state and church combined, and not including Rode Island)

What was the Middle colonies’ religious view/ religious connection to the state?

Many churches, religious tolerance

What was the Southern colonies’ religious view/ religious connection to the state?

Anglican Church (state church, tax supported church)

What was the New England Colonies’ social life like?

Towns and cities (Strong sense of community)

What was the Middle Colonies’ social life like?

Farms and cities

What was the Southern Colonies’ social life like?

Farms and plantation (few towns)

Which group of colonies was the first to have compulsory public schools?

The New England Colonies

What was the first written constitution by the colonist?

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

When was the Fundamentals of Connecticut written?

1639

Who wrote the Fundamentals of Connecticut?

Windsor, Hartford, Wethersfield