Differences Between The Northern Colonies And Southern Colonies

This paper is about the different characteristics of the Southern colonies for use in the plausible war. Based upon the areas of geography and climate, resources, and political and social life, the southern colonies will prove to be an asset to England in a possible war with France.

There are three different colonial regions, New England, The Middle Colonies, and The South. Each of them consist of different states. New England includes New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The Middle Colonies have New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The South consists of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. They all differ when it comes to economic, social and political factors.

New England consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. While the southern colonies were Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia. Even though both of them were in the New World they differ religiously, economically, socially and politically. Both, New England and Southern colonies, made an impact on the development of culture.

There are similarities and differences of the geography of New England and Southern colonies. The South had mild, rainy winters and long hot humid summers. This means,the South could grow many crops. According to “A Virginia Plantation,” the south had lots of plantations with tobacco and corn (Doc 6). However, New England had long cold winters and a short growing season. This means New England did not grow as many crops as the South. Instead, many colonists had small farms for their family or community. Therefore, the differences in geography helped to shape the development of the New England and Southern regions.

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 northern colonies were very much different from the southern because they were colonized for different reasons. The north was colonized for freedom of worship and freedom of political thought. The colonies had hope for a separate society, where they could show their homeland, how a country should be run. The northern colonies were based on theocracy, where the state forced the people to live and worship in an orthodox way.

Colonies, colonies, we all should know that a colony is a region of land that is under the political control of another country. According to the passage, "the colonies began with the founding of Jamestown until the beginning of the Revolutionary War." The author explains, that there is are 13 colonies divided into three groups, Northern, southern and middle. The reason for this is that they all have idiosyncratic backgrounds. The New England (Northern), Southern, and Middle colonies are different, particularly in terms of land, labor, religion, native relations, and etc. The colonies, although they were all British they had some similarities, but mainly they had differences.

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.

During the 18th century differences in life, thought, and interests had developed between the Southern and Northern colonies. The origin of these differences grew from the differences in religion, economics, and social structures between the Southern and Northern Colonies. Slavery, manufacturing, education, and agriculture influenced the everyday way of life for the colonists. This has had everlasting effects on America till this day.

By creating more strict Navigation Acts, the British tightened control of mercantilism and angered the colonists by restricting their rights. The British enacted acts such as the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Sugar Act, Molasses Act, and Tea Act, all of which increased taxes on many goods. This resulted in the colonies relying on each other for aid, and thus developing American identity via trade and unity. The Coercive Acts, which were a result of the Boston Tea Party, decreed that the ports of Boston would be closed and the expenses of the Boston Tea Party had to be repaid. To relieve Massachusetts of this massive debt, the other colonies began to help by donating grains, livestock, money, and other necessities (Doc G). This economic aid resulted in the colonies becoming more and more united by forming a national identity against the British. The intended audience for this document was likely the colonists that didn’t live in Massachusetts, that they could be informed on what the situation is in Massachusetts and be encouraged to donate as well. These things economically resulted in the people forming a new, American

To look into the economic status for both colonies, they had more differences than similarities. The South had large farms and plantations, on the other hand, north had small farms and few plantations. North had more raw materials to trade than the South, but as mentioned the South had larger farms and work areas. The North colonies mostly traded cotton, they were very popular about their cotton. So, the South was agriculture more than the North. Northern focused on farming, fishing, and trade with the Atlantic's (Lecture, Economies of Early British Colonies). People in North were mostly focused on building communities, because they traveled and came into North as families, unlike the South who were mainly focused on agriculture for export

The southern colonies purpose was to establish a profitable company or colony in America. The southern colonies settlement was backed by a Virginia company, who was then granted by the

This was yet another taxation at American ports on things such as glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. The colonists were frustrated by yet another taxation without representation. They began smuggling in teas at a cheap price. This led the British officials to be placed in places, such as Boston, to restore order. The tension between the colonists and the British was obvious and inevitably led to fighting. In this case, The Boston Massacre.

The three colonial regions varied in their societies and in their economies. New England didn't have good farming land, but had an abundance in fishing. Middle Colonies had a little more luck in farming with better soil and some slaves. Southern Colonies had the perfect environment for bunches of crops and had the most slaves. All three regions did farm and own slaves, but from least amount of slaves to most it went New England, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies.

During the colonial era, England founded the Thirteen Colonies. The Southern region was settled to discover gold. Additionally, New England was founded for religious freedom. The New England and Southern regions have similarities and differences.