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1674: Leather making
1740: First iron forge
Delaware:
Is on a pensula,
they grew rye, barley, and corn.
They raised sheep and cattle.
Slavery existed in delaware until the the thirteenth amendent passed in 1865.
In 1787 a paper mill opened.
Pennsylvania:
wheat and corn were the main crops .
They didn't have much money but they had a lot of food to selll to the other colony's.
There was a lot of rivers.
Blacks msmiths were very importent back then.
There was rich farmland.
And later on leather tanning became a big industry.
Chester county house was build in 1724.
Enough water flow to enablee milling with
New York:
Traded with the Native Americans for furs.

First attempted settlement was in 1587
North Carolina was considered a part of Virginia until 1629
one knows what happened to the
Settlers from Virginia were looking for a good land to celebrate Religious Freedom
North Carolina in 1712 divided into 2 parts and in 1729 King George the III brought back North Carolina from the proprietors

Founded in 1620
· Fished along the coast and trapped beavers and cut down trees to build ships
in England
· They got off course and landed in Plymouth in November 1620
· 1620 the pilgrims boarded the Mayflower
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Southern Colonies
North Carolina
Founded 1653
First attempted settlement was in 1587
North Carolina was considered a part of Virginia until 1629
No one knows to the colony of Roanoke
Settlers from Virginia were looking for a good land to celebrate Religious Freedom
North Carolina in 1712 divided into 2 parts and in 1729 King George the III brought back North Carolina from the proprietors

Colonists would not have survived without the Native Americans
They taught the colonists how to tap maple trees, boil sap for maple sugar and snare fish as well as how to grow corn
2ooo people they lived in wigwams
The women and children tended fields, and the men fished and hunted

Georgia:
Their houses were like log cabins with flowers growing on the house.
Houses had railings on top.
Woman's chores
Northern Region
In New England glass windows were very rare

There was rich farmland.
And later on leather tanning became a big industry.
Chester county house was build in 1724.
Enough water flow to enable milling with water wheel power.
New York:
Traded with the Native Americans for furs.
Mass stored meat in pork barrels.
They hunted and gathered food in the forest.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island was big on sea food.
The sea food there was lobsters, oysters, and clams.
Major imports and exports inculed spices, glass, tools, paper, and guns.
They traded furs for goods.
Connecticut
Connecticut was big on farming.
The farms produced corn, oats, rye, bartley, peas, and tabaco.
They made clothing and tools.
New Hampshire
The New Hampshire fished in streems, rivers, and the ocean.
They caught cod and pollock while fishing.
Natives told the colonist how to grow corn.
The colonist trapped animals.
Southern Colonies
Soon Virginia stared to make glass, barrels,boats and tar.

What were the woman's chores?
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different states.
Generally:
houses were modeled after English cottages
Southern Region
South Carolina:
Their houses were like log cabins with flowers growing on the house.
Northern Region
In New England glass windows were very rare
Wealthy colonist in New England began to
New Hampshire:
colonies houses were like Georgia houses except without flowers!

Massachusetts
Founded in 1620
· Fished along the coast and trapped beavers and cut down trees to build ships
· Puritans wanted to purify the church in England
· They got off course and landed in Plymouth in November 1620
· 1620 the pilgrims boarded the Mayflower
· 1639 Thomas hooker wrote his ideas of religious freedom
· In spring Squanto taught them how to grow crops
· In fall 1621 they had Thanksgiving
Middle Colonies
New York

Colonists would not have survived without the Native Americans
They taught the colonists how to tap maple trees, boil sap for maple sugar and snare fish as well as how to grow corn
the Native Americans had villages up to 50 to 2ooo people