Essential Knowledge Geography and Examples of Colonies Resources Specialization Social/Political Climate Interdependence Appalachian Natural resources: e.g., The New England colonies Villages and Mountains, timber, fish, deep depended on the Southern churches were Boston harbor, harbors Fishing, colonies for crops such as centers of life. hilly terrain, Human resources: e.g., shipbuilding, tobacco, rice, cotton, and Religious New rocky soil, jagged skilled craftsmen, naval supplies, indigo, and for forest products reformers and England coastline shopkeepers, metal tools such as lumber, tar, and pitch. separatists shipbuilders and equipment They depended on the Moderate Capital resources: e.g., colonies for livestock Civic life: town summers, cold tools, buildings and grains. meetings winters The Mid-Atlantic colonies traded Appalachian with the Southern and New Villages and Natural Resources: e.g., Mountains, England colonies to get the cities, varied rich farmlands, rivers coastal lowlands, products they did not produce. and diverse Human resources: e.g., harbors and bays The Mid-Atlantic colonies Livestock, lifestyles, unskilled and skilled depended on the Southern grains, fish diverse religions workers, fishermen Mild winters and colonies for tobacco, rice, Capital resources: e.g., moderate climate, cotton, indigo, and forest Civic life: tools, buildings wide and deep products. They traded with the market towns rivers New England colonies for metal tools and equipment. Appalachian Plantations Mountains, The Southern colonies (slavery), Natural resources: e.g., Piedmont, depended on the New England mansions, fertile farmlands, Atlantic Coastal Tobacco, rice, colonies for manufactured indentured rivers, harbors Plain, good cotton, indigo, goods, including metal tools and servants, fewer Human resources: e.g., Southern harbors and forest products equipment. They depended on cities, fewer farmers, enslaved rivers (lumber, tar, the Mid-Atlantic colonies for schools, Church African Americans pitch) grains and other agricultural of England Capital resources: e.g., Humid climate products not plentiful in the tools, buildings with mild winters South. Civic life: and hot summers counties
Essential Knowledge Colonies Resources Geography and Climate Specialization Examples of Interdependence Social/Political New England Natural resources: e.g., timber, fish, deep harbors Human resources: e.g., skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers, shipbuilders Capital resources: e.g., tools, buildings Appalachian Mountains, Boston harbor, hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline Moderate summers, cold winters Fishing, shipbuilding, naval supplies, metal tools and equipment The New England colonies depended on the Southern colonies for crops such as tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo, and for forest products such as lumber, tar, and pitch. They depended on the colonies for livestock and grains. Villages and churches were centers of life. Religious reformers and separatists Civic life: town meetings Natural Resources: e.g., rich farmlands, rivers Human resources: e.g., unskilled and skilled workers, fishermen Capital resources: e.g., tools, buildings Appalachian Mountains, coastal lowlands, harbors and bays Mild winters and moderate climate, wide and deep rivers Livestock, grains, fish The Mid-Atlantic colonies traded with the Southern and New England colonies to get the products they did not produce. The Mid-Atlantic colonies depended on the Southern colonies for tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo, and forest products. They traded with the New England colonies for metal tools and equipment. Villages and cities, varied and diverse lifestyles, diverse religions Civic life: market towns Southern Natural resources: e.g., fertile farmlands, rivers, harbors Human resources: e.g., farmers, enslaved African Americans Capital resources: e.g., tools, buildings Appalachian Mountains, Piedmont, Atlantic Coastal Plain, good harbors and rivers Humid climate with mild winters and hot summers Tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo, forest products (lumber, tar, pitch) The Southern colonies depended on the New England colonies for manufactured goods, including metal tools and equipment. They depended on the Mid-Atlantic colonies for grains and other agricultural products not plentiful in the South. Plantations (slavery), mansions, indentured servants, fewer cities, fewer schools, Church of England Civic life: counties
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