Middle Colonies: Southern England Vs. New England

As more and more Europeans moved to the New World, colonies were created for specific groups of people. Colonies were created for varying religions, lifestyles, and economic reasons. The New England colonies had numerous difference and few similarities with the Southern Colonies. These differences created distinct features of the regions and the people who lived there. Due to the geographic location of the Southern Colonies, their economic development relied mainly on agriculture.

Each of these colonies were founded for a different reason, but most of them were founded for economic reasons. Delaware was founded by Sweden, purely for an economic gain. New Jersey was founded by Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton, England, they had received this piece of land as a give from King Charles’ brother, the Duke of York. They promised the freedom of religion and a representative government. Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers so that they would not have to deal with the persecution of their religion elsewhere. New York was founded by Peter Minuit for the purpose of profits and trade. Other than Pennsylvania, most of these colonies did not have a very religious composition. The colonists who lived in the middle colonies were not wealthy and were not poor, again having jobs including farming, but mostly their lives depended on trade. The middle colonies political development was a lot like New Englands, there was no real democracy, there was a monarch appointed governor. Overall, we can see that there are many differences and similarities between New England and the middle colonies in terms of motives for founding, religious and social composition, economic foundations, and political

During the colonial era, England founded the Thirteen colonies. The New england colonial region was established for religious freedom. The Southern colonial region settled to find gold and earn profits. There were many differences and similarities in New England and the Southern geography, economy, and culture.

To start it off they were located on opposite sides so they had different climates, the New England Colony was located in the North so there was stronger and longer winters while in the Southern Colonies, which was located in the south, so it was hotter and it was practically warm all year round. That led to different agricultural needs, the southern colony was huge on agriculture because they had fertile soil so they produced a lot of cash crops and were know for the tobacco, produced and exported by John Rolfe. Since the New England Colonies didn’t have much use for agriculture because they lacked good soil so there wasn’t many crops, they mostly fished, build ships, and traded mostly with fur. That leads to slavery, since the southern plantations required a lot of work there was a lot more slaves in the south then the north. Southern Colonies had the largest slave population who worked on the Slave Plantations, which grew cotton, tobacco, indigo (a purple dye), and other crops. Also religion was very different, the New England Colonies were strictly Puritans and didn’t tolerate other religions; while the Southern colonies were not dominated by a single religion they were mostly predominantly Anglicans and

Early life in the Americas consisted of great diversity as well as some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s, the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Geography was a primary influence on the colonial way of life. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies vary

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were an exciting period of time for the thirteen British colonies that would eventually become The United States of America. This time period saw the development of the colonies into self-sufficient entities, which would ultimately lead to the American Revolution. Although every colony was unique, there were similarities in the colonies that were close to each other geographically. Today, the colonies are grouped together into the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. The New England, Middle, and Southern colonies had both similarities and differences regarding their political, economic, social, and religious

America was a place for dreams and new beginnings, until white people arrived in 1607. Three groups sailed over the treacherous Atlantic from their cruel lives in England to set up peaceful religious colonies. The only problem is that they attempted to settle in their own way and all failed dismally. The New England, Middle and Southern Colonies grew differently over the period 1619-1760.Examining the three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different: socially, economically, politically but not philosophically.

During the late 16th century and into the 17th century, two colonies emerged from England in the New World. The two colonies were called the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Even though the two areas were formed and governed by the English, the colonies had similarities as well as differences. Differences in geography, religion, politics, economic, and nationalities, were responsible for molding the colonies. These differences came from one major factor: the very reason the English settlers came to the New World. 
The Chesapeake colonies were primarily created by companies interested in profiting from the natural resources of the New World such as gold or silver to bring back to England. The New England colonies were primarily created

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.

When we think of our country now, we think about how it is separated into states, but back then the states were part of colonies. Some of the main colonies were the Chesapeake colonies which consisted of Virginia and Maryland, the middle colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and lastly, the New England colonies which were Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In the colonial regions of New England, Chesapeake and the middle colonies they all share similarities and differences, most predominantly shown in family life, rank and status.

1. There were several main differences among the British colonial regions. The New England colonies being colonized mainly for religion while the Middle colonies found wealth through industry, whereas the Southern colonies sought more trade and wealth opportunities through colonization. Economically, the New England colonies did not have trade as their primary focused, but still were involved in the processes of fishing, lumbering, and trapping, the Middle colonies found their wealth in lumbering and shipbuilding; the Southern colonies sought to grow and trade cash crops for wealth. The Northern colonies composed of [Separatist] Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers had more religious reasons for being founded, but not limited to refuge from religious persecution, and a holy society or “city upon a hill.” The Northern colonies were also religiously self-governing; one example being the Mayflower Compact, while the South had regular laws instituted. Demographically, the colonies started with an overwhelming white population over the blacks, but as the tobacco industry grew and slavery became an increasing practice, blacks began to outnumber the white population.

Because of the differences in geography and climate in each region, each colony had a set of jobs that worked best with their conditions. The New England Colonies relied mainly on fishing, whaling, ship making and selling lumber. This is because the soil in the New England Colonies was poor and rocky, which made it difficult to farm. However, the New England Colonies were right by the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, so they whaled and fished easily. Once they discovered how much money could be made off of slave-trading, and it soon became one of the largest slave-trading centers in the world. They also had many dense forests, so they builts ships out of the lumber and also sold it to England and the other colonies. The area still has many forests, but there are way less dense than they were back in the colonial days.

The thirteen original English colonies are founded along the Atlantic coast of the Americas. Each group of colonies had its unique aspects in many areas, from architecture to economics, and various more characteristics. They all had a common goal, which was to govern themselves and have a say in how they were represented. They were divided into three groups. The New England colonies which consisted of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The Middle colonies which included Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. The last group, the Southern colonies, which included Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Each of the thirteen colonies had specific economic, social, and political developments.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, many English colonists settled into colonies in America, otherwise known as the “New World”. There were many reasons to do so, whether it be for economic benefit or to avoid religious persecution. These original 13 colonies began developing fast with the help from the English, growing population wise and government wise. Two specific areas included the New England and Chesapeake colonies. The Chesapeake colonies included Maryland and Virginia, while the colonies of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and the Massachusetts Bay colony were part of the New England colonies. These two colonial societies shared a few similarities regarding the development of their religion and economy, they also had a few differences.