... . Many of these people didn't bring their families with them from England and were the perfect workers for the hard work required in ironworks and shipyards. The founders of the Southern Colonies were, for the most part, out to make money. They brought their families, as did the New England colonists, and they kept their families together on the plantations. But their ... professionals living in large cities. Their beliefs of equality also gave them years of peace wit the Native Americans, something the other colonies did not have. The Southern colonists had a mixture of religions as wel...

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... : New England: 1. Massachusetts 2. Rhode Island 3. Connecticut 4. New Hampshire Middle Colonies: 1. New York 2. New Jersey 3. Pennsylvania 4. Delaware Southern Colonies: 1. Maryland 2. Virginia 3. North Carolina 4. South Carolina 5. Georgia Life in the Colonies Religion: New England Colonies - Puritanism was dominant Middle Colonies - No one religion dominated over another. Southern Colonies - The Anglican Church dominated. Taxes were paid to the church. In the 1740s ... church school, or higher a tutor. Parents would also teach their children. This generally meant that only wealthy chil...

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... wanted a distinct society, where they could show their homeland how a country should be run. They were also big on education, and established a tax-supported school system. But, in the Southern colonies children's parents, or tutors, taught them at home. Most children in the South received little formal education. The economic status between the South and New England were just as different ... fishing were very important industries. Molasses was brought from the West Indies to make rum. This, and manufactured goods, were traded for slaves (formally known as the triangular trade). The So...

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In the developing stages of what was to become the United States of America there were thirteen colonies. These thirteen colonies were separated into three distinct regions known as the Southern Colonies, the Middle Colonies and lastly the New England Colonies. The Southern Colonies varied from the Middle Colonies, and the New England Colonies in a few ways. One way was its look at religion. Another way was its agriculture greatness. The ... the colonial regions also had agricultural differences that set them apart. Two of the three regions shared land similarities, but they all differed in h...

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... of the defining cultural aspects we still see today. The colonies were split into three main sections: the southern colonies, the middle colonies, and the New England colonies. Each different area was responsible for providing different goods or services for the others. The southern colonies were based off production of large cash crops on plantations. The middle colonies had land that was fertile to grow small local farms ... first time anyone had really had religious freedom to practice what they pleased, so it was something people had to get used to. The southern colonies were where ...

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... countries. This meant that there was a lot of diversity in the kinds of people that lived there. They lived in separate areas, and didn't learn to trust each other. The Southern Colonies The Settlers of Virginia: The first people who came to Virginia were the English. They founded Jamestown in 1607. Their purpose in coming was that they wanted to find gold ... finally found a way for the colonists to be successful. They planted tobacco which made some of the settlers very rich. They also planted rice and had rice plantations in the Southern Colonies. These plantations needed lots of wor...

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... 1700, the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The southern colonies have characteristics that are the antithesis of the New England colonies attributes. New England was colonized for Freedom of Worship and freedom of political thought. The Southern colonies were developed for freedom of economic opportunity. The New England colonies had aspirations for a distinct society, where they could show their ... homeland, how a country should be run. The southern colonies had goals for mercantilism, and increasing the prosperity of England. The New England colonies were based on theo...

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The New England and Southern Colonies were both settled largely by the English. By 1700, the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The southern colonies have characteristics that are the antithesis of the New England colonies attributes. New England was colonized for Freedom of Worship and freedom of political thought. The Southern colonies were developed for freedom of economic opportunity. The New England colonies had aspirations for a distinct society, where they could show their homeland, how a country should be run. The southern colonies had goals for mercantilism, and increasi...

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... . Many of these people didn't bring their families with them from England and were the perfect workers for the hard work required in ironworks and shipyards. The founders of the Southern Colonies were, for the most part, out to make money. They brought their families, as did the New England colonists, and they kept their families together on the plantations. But their ... grains grew on farms in Pennsylvania and New York. Factories in Maryland produced iron, and factories in Pennsylvania produced paper and textiles. Trade with England was plentiful in these colonies as well. The Southern...

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... . They also sold slaves in the South. New England traders also made money by selling iron, pots, kettles, and tools in other colonies. Many people in New England belived in devils, witches, and evil forces. They belived that these things were everywhere. Devils and witches caused ... the main place for the Puritans' meetings. The Puritans were called Puritans because they wanted to purify the Church of England. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES The first people who came to Virginia were the English. They founded Jamestown in 1607. The purpose of the english in coming was ... to be successful. They p...

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... Puritans did not feel strong about the quest of Faith the Quakers were on. They often harassed the Quakers and persecuted them. Religious diversity in the Middle Colonies was apparent because of the population. The Southern Colonies at this specific time frame were the Carolinas. They consisted of North and South Carolina and were founded in 1663 by Anthony Cooper. Georgia did not ... were basically business propositions. The governing system allowed slavery and blacks were forced to work on the crops. There was slavery much like the Middle Colonies. This made the Carolinas, the richest...

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... where the planters focused on tobacco, where the majority of Southerners lived. The second region was the lower South, the coastal region of the southern colonies, where the people profited from indigo and rice. The slave population grew steadily throughout the eighteenth century. Slaves were taken from their homes and ... losing their own lives and loved ones. The slaves grew to realize that slavery seemed to be the way to stay alive in the colonies. And the Southern planters profited immensely off the service of the slaves. 90% of all North American exports to England came from the Sou...

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... household. The clothes were dyed with different kinds of things such as roots, berries, and so on. One famous person born in the middle colonies was Benjamin Franklin who gave the middle colonies a fire department and a public library. The southern colonies were Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. They were supported by slave labor and farming, for the most part. The ... government of the colonies were infested by planters and farmers in the late seventeenth century. The primary seaport for the southern colonies was Charleston, South Carolina, a place where t...

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... . Up until about 1700, there were very few, if any, rebellions against the government. They aimed to be cities of God and examples for the world. The government in the southern colonies was in no way connected to religion. In the Chesapeake Bay region, there was turmoil and civil warfare. In 1673, Governor Berkeley wrote to the King of England for help ... differences helped each region to steadily develop their own unique societies. Throughout the development of the colonial areas of North America, vast differences arose. The New England and Chesapeake Bay colonies grew into separate en...

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