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Thirteen British Colonies
By 1750 there were 13 British colonies along the Atlanticcoast south of New France.
In the New England Colonies, people lived andworked in fishing villages, port cities, and smalltowns surrounded by modest family farms.
In the Middle Colonies, farms werelarger and farmland more productive.Lively urban centers were hometo prosperous merchantsand skilled artisans.
New France
1626 New Netherland is founded;English gain control in 1664 andrename it New York.
•fc In the Southern Colonies,the large plantations nearthe coast grew single cropsfor trade at nearbyport cities. Smaller townsand farms dotted thefoothills farther west.
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FALL LINESETTLEMENTS
Land Regionsi I Plains and lowlandI I PlateauI | Highland
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Regional division
Colonial boundary
Indefinite boundary
* Colonial capital
1607 Date founded
200 kilometers
In 1750 few colonies haddefinite western boundaries.Those not blocked by othercolonies continued to expandas settlers moved west intonew territory.
Waterfalls and rapids along the edge of thePiedmont created a barrier to navigation calledthe Fall Line. Trading towns grew where goods tobe carried past the falls were unloaded from boats.
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Colonization and Settlement1585-1763
RELIGION IN THE176O
Official Religions
j | Anglican (Episcopal)
| | Puritan (Congregational)
| | None (policy ofreligious tolerance)
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COLONIES
Other Religions
Baptist
•̂ - Lutheran
-|- Mennonite
^ Presbyterian
^- Quaker
^ Roman Catholic
^ Jewish
, Like European countries of the time,' most colonies financially supportedone religion, called the "establishedchurch," and not others. Fourother colonies encouraged allreligions but gave moneyto none.
1626-1664 New Netherland,later New York, is DutchReformed.
1633-1649 Maryland isRoman Catholic. It becomesAnglican in 1691.
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POPULATION BY COLONY, 1750By 1750 there were a million settlers and slaves inthe 13 colonies. The two earliest colonies had thelargest populations.
Colonists tended to settle with others from thesame part of Europe. By 1760 ethnically distinctregions could be found throughout the colonies.Notice the changes since 1640, shown on map Con page 23.
COLONISTS FROMMANY NATIONS
Largest European Group
| | English
| | German
| | Scots-Irish
| | Dutch
| | Scots
Enslaved Africansrx^ Over 30% of^^ local population
— Colonial boundary, 1760
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