... not staple crops in which they could trade with other areas. They grew crops like wheat, barley and oats. They also had farming they would have cattle, swine and sheep farms. They mostly used the crops produced from personal use and did not sell most of them. With growing few crops and mostly investing in trade, Massachusetts did not have to ... invest in much expansion. Massachusetts mostly consisted of families with small farms used for personal use, and that was passed down through generations. Virginia would use the crops that they had grown by selling them to other colonies and for...

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... was heavily involved in its church. They believed in it so heavy that it had political control. Their religion caused them to work together as a community. The community helped each family if their crops failed, or if there was a field fire. Neighbors also helped others build barns or farm equipment. If the population was too large they would divide and make ... a new town. Working together through religion was a foundation for substance farms. Because of the geography, substance farms were created formulating profit making the New England colony the wealthiest. Quakers also looking for...

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... the conditions there. The conditions in the New England colonies were much more healthier than in the Chesapeake colonies because they had a better climate, environment, high rate of reproduction, and family situation. People lived long enough to be grandparents, who gave an additional measure of stability to their society, in the New England colonies whereas in the Chesapeake colonies, people lost ... colonies, there were different types of economies emerging. The economies were determined by their geography. The New England region had very few rivers and harbors. There were mainly sma...

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... abundance of large seaports in the area enabled trade to grow and prosper. Infertile soil and a rather harsh climate disallowed any opportunity for large plantations to grow. Instead, small subsistence farms dotted the landscape. Both regions created distinct economies due to their full utilization of their local resources such as seaports and fertile soil. Even though both sets of colonies were ... than fourteen, the majority of which were of the male gender according to the "Ship's list of Emigrants bound for Virginia." Their goal was not to create the foundations of a family, but to ...

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... a better way of life established the Chesapeake colonies and the New England colonies in North America, but the colonies however differed in the aspects of developing economics, religious beliefs, and family life. The Chesapeake's economy was based on farming. By the 1630s, tobacco was established as the main crop and chief source of revenue in the Chesapeake. Thus, it had few ... towns, for the residents did not need commercial centers in order to buy and sell goods. The farms required planting, cultivation, and harvesting. These tasks were considered intensive labor because they were ...

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... free labor, they brought music, dance and language to the America's, making it the most diverse region in the world at the time. The increase of female slave population made family life more possible in 1720. Inter-breeding helped diversify the nation and eventually Michel-Guillaume de Crévecoeur said about the Americas, "strange mixture of blood, which you will ... several regions. New England specifically had religious and ethnic tolerance in the Rhode Island colony; however the rest of New England led a very conservative, puritan lifestyle. The northern villages and farms became a t...

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... . Reasons for leaving England All of the people that left England were looking to better their lives. The people who settled in the New England Colonies wanted to keep their family unit together and practice their own religion. They were used to doing many things themselves and not depending on other people for much. Some of these people came to New ... that didn't grow in America were shipped from England. Boston was the major New England port. The Middle Colonies were part agriculture, part industrial. Wheat and other grains grew on farms in Pennsylvania and New York. Factories in Mary...

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... by the Virginians and it too had was established for social Purposes. This colony was mainly inhabited by squatters whose purposes were to get land so they could have small family farms. Socially they changed America because they were outsiders since they were squatters who had no place to land. The colony of Georgia was also a colony of social change. Georgia was ... ...

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