Colonial City

Philadelphia was the capital of Pennsylvania as well as the United States for short time between 1790-1800, but it was mainly a port city. In the early stage, sugar, coffee from the West Indian island was disrupted to the North America through Philadelphia. Surprisingly, as a north state, Slave business was an important industry in Philadelphia for a long period because its close business relationship with the southern states.

Urban seaports: Cities like Boston, New York, Newport, Philadelphia, Charleston became major urban seaports and commercial centers populated by rich and poor alike.

Maier explains that the word "city" is used not so much to distinguish a place by its size as by its function. Boston and New York were considered cities before 1800, although compared to Paris and London of the same period, they were quite small. Paris, for example, already had more than a half million people in 1700. London had 575,000 people in 1750 and grew to nearly 900,000 over the next five decades. At the turn of the eighteenth century, Boston, the larger of the two American cities, had a population of 6,700, while New York's population was closer to 5,000. Clearly, the two American

The three colonies all wanted to make money but they had to go about it in different ways. This was mainly due to what they had available. The New England Colonies were mainly agricultural farmers. With all the water reservoirs like Cape Cod there were plenty of fish so lots of people became fishermen. There were a lot of lumberjacks to cut down trees and export them to England. The Middle Colonies were extremely different because they set up extensive cosmopolitan cities reminiscent of New York. They had many specialists like doctors, lawyers, accountants, and teachers. They traded a lot with in North America and occasionally overseas. The Southern Colonies primarily depended on cotton and tobacco plantations. As the plantations grew they had to employ black slaves. The plantations were fully self contained with their own blacksmith, teachers and professionals. So there were no big cities or towns. The main plantations traded directly with Europe via the Mississippi. The three colonies all made money differently with their diverse professions and traders.

The Middle and New England colonies were important colonies in forming the United States. The Middle colonies consisted of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. In the New England colonies there were New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. These two colonies were very similar and different in many ways.

Religion played a huge role in New England. The main reason why it was so important was because of the Puritans. The Puritans lived really strict lives and wanted everyone to follow what they did. If people didn’t follow the lifestyle of a Puritan they would had to encounter challenges and difficulties and could even be exiled to Rhode Island. In Chesapeake there was Anglican, but they weren’t that strict like the Puritans were in New England. They had more religious freedom and tolerance. Anglicanism caused more rational and formal thinking by people. The Maryland acts of toleration was founded by Lord Baltimore granted a religious freedom but only to Christians, this was to protect the Catholics.

Because New England’s geography consists mostly thin rocky soil, it was only suitable for small family farming. Although, the production of lumber, fisheries, and harbors of the region made up for the loss of agriculture. New England’s economy looked towards a more seaward growth such as shipbuilding, whaling, and sea trade. When Boston became an important port of Atlantic trade, the colony's economy grew significantly, and created great economic success in New England. [13]

Starting in the late 1600’s to the early 1700’s, the great nation of America began to take its shape. The Mid- Atlantic colonies, consisting of Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and New Jersey, were especially productive in this growing time period. Through their diverse population they created an atmosphere of amity throughout the region, attracting large numbers of European immigrants. Their extremely tolerant habits in regards to differences in religious beliefs anticipated the American future. The colonies not only shaped the way for thousands of new settlers coming to the New World, but they also began an empire of agriculture and trade for generations to follow due to their prestigious land and prime location. The colonists during the early 18th century in the Mid Atlantic region

One of the biggest difference in the 3 different colonial regions was their Economies. Due to the rich and fertile soil that the Southern colonies possessed along with the warm climate of the area, farming was a main source of income. Wealthy Englishmen set up huge plantations with hundreds of acres of land in order to farm cash crops and other goods. The less fortunate would subsistence farm inland in hopes of one day being able to run a large plantation of their own. The economy in the middle colonies also relied on farming to an extent. They grew staple crops in excess earning them the name of the “Breadbasket Colony”. Due to the deep harbors and thick forests ship building was also a common practice in the middle colonies. The many harbors in the middle colonies also made trade a very important part of

Most wars in the south ruined these people’s houses and things, so moving west and north would allow them to start over. One major difference between Chesapeake and the middle colonies (13 colonies found in North America), and Georgia and the Carolinas is their religion. Chesapeake and the middle colonies dealt more with religion and religious freedom. Georgia and the Carolinas had

During the mid-17th century the colonies' purpose was to fulfill a mercantilist role, in which raw materials were exported from the colonies as resources for English manufactured

Boston, and New York. The increase in land, natural resources, and industry gave the United

Some colonies relied on their geography, some on their people, and some on both. New England colonies relied on their people for trade because of their bad farmland. In the middle colonies they needed their geography for farming which helped their economy grow from trade. In the Southern Colonies their geography helped them grow crops on plantations to trade. All three colonies they had skilled workers which affected their economy by not needing to trade certain things but instead make those items themselves. The geography and people largely affected the economy by what they had and who they were.

In 1607 a group of English settlers built village in Jamestown, Virginia. King Jaime I of England founded a colony in the first seven months after its arrival. Within these colonies we find the New England colonies and South Carolina colonies. We will analyze and compare the government systems, religious and economic development of both colonies and how they were related.

The colonial days were so important because if we didn't have these settlers come and build the colonies, we wouldn’t be living here today. The 13 colonies that have made up this land are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. There were so many things they did to get food, water, resources, and etc. They were very creative people and used lots of different inventions to live and get resources that they didn't have. One was the triangular trade route. The name was given by the route which the goods from the colonies were taken back to Europe. Europe made the things they traded for and sold them back to another territory. While the triangular trade route started in the 1500’s it really didn't start working until the mid -1600’s. Not all tribes used the triangular trade route some tribes just used their own inventions to get from place to place. They had many jobs back then to keep the places running.