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    The document summarizes life in the 13 American colonies during the colonial era. It notes that over 2 million people lived in the colonies in 1775, with around 500,000 living in Virginia. Many colonists were small-scale farmers or enslaved workers on plantations. The colonies were divided into 3 regions - New England, Middle, and Southern - which had distinct religious, ethnic, and economic characteristics. The New England colonies centered around urban areas and industries like shipping and fishing. The Middle colonies had fertile farmland and religious diversity. The Southern colonies depended more on plantation agriculture and slavery.

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    The document summarizes life in the 13 American colonies during the colonial era. It notes that over 2 million people lived in the colonies in 1775, with around 500,000 living in Virginia. Many colonists were small-scale farmers or enslaved workers on plantations. The colonies were divided into 3 regions - New England, Middle, and Southern - which had distinct religious, ethnic, and economic characteristics. The New England colonies centered around urban areas and industries like shipping and fishing. The Middle colonies had fertile farmland and religious diversity. The Southern colonies depended more on plantation agriculture and slavery.

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    The document summarizes life in the 13 American colonies during the colonial era. It notes that over 2 million people lived in the colonies in 1775, with around 500,000 living in Virginia. Many colonists were small-scale farmers or enslaved workers on plantations. The colonies were divided into 3 regions - New England, Middle, and Southern - which had distinct religious, ethnic, and economic characteristics. The New England colonies centered around urban areas and industries like shipping and fishing. The Middle colonies had fertile farmland and religious diversity. The Southern colonies depended more on plantation agriculture and slavery.

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    Life in the Colonial Era

    A presentation by Iosif Marina Alexandra


    Colonial Life

    ▪ In 1775, over two million people lived in the thirteen


    American colonies and about 500,000 of them lived in
    Virginia, the largest and most populous colony.
    ▪ Many of these people were farmers or planters who
    lived and worked on small farms of less than two
    hundred acres.
    ▪ About 200,000 of the people living in Virginia were
    enslaved African Americans most of whom worked in
    tobacco fields for white masters.
    Facts about the colonists

    ▪ Early colonists consisted of a mixture of diverse


    ethnic, religious, linguistic, and racial groups.
    ▪ Once organized into Thirteen Colonies to be ruled
    by the British Empire, the colonists settled into a
    mercantile economy that separated the colonies into
    three distinct regions which contained religions and
    exports unique to each area.
    ▪ The three regions were recognized as the New
    England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the
    Southern Colonies.
    The New England Colonies

     
    ▪ The average colonist most likely centered their life around
    the city of Boston, as the port was the largest in the area
    and contained the largest number of merchant vessels
    throughout the colonies.
    ▪ A male colonist had the ability to farm for individual
    substance rather than large scale commercial agriculture
    due to the poor soil, work in a warehouse, build ships, fish
    or go whaling, enter the fur trade, collect maple products,
    or brew beer or other alcoholic beverages.
    ▪ Due to the urban nature of life in this region, local politics
    played a large role in the life of the colonists, as town halls
    were pioneered as policy tools which later played a larger
    role during the American Revolution. 
    The Middle Colonies

    ▪ The Middle Colonies was considered the breadbasket of


    the Thirteen Colonies. This region was classified by the
    fertile farmland and religious liberty.
    ▪ The Middle Colonies featured a large amount of ethnic and
    linguistic diversity, which only increased due to religious
    tolerance as this facilitated the immigration of members of
    numerous Protestant groups. 
    ▪ A colonist within the Middle Colonies found themselves
    within one of the most productive regions of the Thirteen
    Colonies. The lush forests and woods established a
    massive lumber industry that supported shipbuilding.
    The Southern Colonies

    ▪ The Southern Colonies were separated into two


    categories: the Chesapeake Region, and the
    Southern Region. This distinction was made by the
    colonists as opposed to the British Government, as
    the ways of life in each region was different.
    ▪ For instance, the Chesapeake Region featured many
    who had moved from the Middle Colonies after
    being released from indentured servitude from the
    numerous farms up north.
    ▪ Whereas the Chesapeake Region was diverse in faith
    and trade, the actual Southern Region, of Georgia,
    the Carolinas, and inland Virginia, was not so.
    European Colonization

    ▪ There were three distinct forms of European colonization


    in the New World: empires of conquest, commerce, and
    settlement.
    ▪ Spain regarded the Indians as a usable labor force, while
    France treated the Indians primarily as trading partners. 
    ▪ France’s New World Empire was based largely on trade.
    By the end of the 16th century, a thousand French ships a
    year were engaged in the fur trade along the St. Lawrence
    River and the interior, where the French constructed
    forts, missions, and trading posts.
    Biography

    ▪ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/everyday-life-colonial-am
    erica
    ▪ https://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/colonial-life/Colonial_Life.pdf
    ▪ https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=2&smtid=1

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