Colonial Life in the American Colonies: New England, Middle, Southern Colonies:
Facts, History Essays: Religion, Women, Witchcraft
The 13 Original American Colonies were Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Appointed by the crown, the royal governor of a colony represented the monarch. He had more power than the monarch. He could veto laws made by the colonial assembly. The royal governor could dissolve the assembly and council. He could dismiss judges, create and dismantle courts. However, most royal governors did not enforce their authority because they did not want to offend or anger the assembly. The assembly had the power of the purse and therefore the authority to pay or not pay the governor’s salary.
New England Colonies
Colonial Massachusetts History
Connecticut
Middle Colonies
colonial life in the middle colonies includes: New York, New Jersey, Quakers - New Amsterdam, New Netherlands: religious and ethnic diversity: lack of public churches.
Colonial Delaware - Swedish, Dutch then British colony, Governors, Timeline of events
Colonial Pennsylvania - William Penn, King Charles II, diversity of religion, tolerance, Philadelphia
Southern Colonies
Maryland - covers the role of women, indenture servants, religion
Virginia - covers Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and religion
North Carolina Religion in colony - Locke and Cooper proprietors, King Charles II, William III and Queen Anne, Anglican Church Tax, Parishes
North Carolina Colony - lots of interesting facts and trivia
South Carolina
Georgia
Women
Colonial women in Massachusetts - covers witchcraft
Colonial women in Maryland - women's role in Maryland Colony, indentured servants, head of households and more.
Related subjects
Thomas Jefferson essay on Religion
Declaration of Independence - essay on the social contract according to John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, plus a list of the signers.
Revolutionary War North Carolina
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