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 …show more content…
The northern region was more industrious than the southern region. Even though these two regions have many different characteristics with the economy, they had some similarities. Each region had their own economic system and they were each new colonies starting out in the New World. They both had to adapt to their surroundings and environment to survive and create their unique economy. Socially these regions differed as well. Although a majority
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.
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.
On other hand, the north had cooler weather which was an explanation for why they had higher birth rates and they had poor soil so they could not plant cash crops and was forced to rely on trade, the south had warmer climates which is why birth rate were so low, because it was really hard for them to survey with harsher weather and they had Richard soil which is why they had a built on cash crops. For work in the North, there was a lot of poor soil so they had to could not plant so they relied mostly on trade but of course to get to that trade they had to build ships, those ships mad them the money to be able to do such stuff. In the south they had the richest soil which meant that they could easily generate cash crops and they plants crops and had slaves for labor giving more power of the actual generating of crops green. The north is very similar to the south, they both have have little technological advances to be none and both had simple metal tools the north metal tools are mainly for ship building and the south very attractive the same very small advancements they had those tools instead of for ship building ,for example hammers and saws they add more like hoes and shovels and many planting tools. The north relied heavily on the products on the south to export to England to get their money and had shipbuilding economy, because there was a lot of trees around which meant
Chapter three of the colonies really reflects on the hardships settlers had to go through.The three types of colonies within the Americas are, New England colonies, middle colonies, and southern colonies.New england colonies were made up of Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut. The middle colonies consisted of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Finally the Southern colonies were Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas , and Georgia. Money, politics , religion separated each of the regions.
Geography had a high impact on the development British North America colonies because it affected what economic activities each region would be successful in performing. The Southern colonies had flat land, long growing seasons, wider rivers and coastline which made it the perfect region for plantation farming, specifically rice, tobacco, and indigo which they were then able to transport to other areas in the colonies and England due to the rivers and coastlines that provided much faster and cheaper transportation. The Middle colonies had four equal seasons which allowed enough time for grains to grow hence the name the “breadbasket” colonies. The New England colonies had natural and deep harbors, forests, hills, and cold, short growing
The geography of the New England Colonies is diverse. Some New England states have thick forest,hilly landscapes, and rocky soil, while others have rich soil and flat land. This area is not suitable for farming as it is extremely rocky. In addition, most of the rural areas are covered with forests and woods. While the southern colonies are bordered by the Appalachian Mountains on the west, and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east. The geography of the Southern Colonies featured tideland ideal for broad rivers for transportation,forest and swamp marshes, hilly coastal plains, and growing crops. Moreover, to describe the temperatures effects on agriculture, the Southern colonies had warm, damp climate, which allowed settlers to grow cash crops.Among the most common crops were cotton, tobacco, indigo, rice and grain. The also produced large amounts of furs and timber for trade. On the other side, due to the fact the climate of New England is far colder than the other regions and winters tend to last longer they only had enough food for themselves with very little left over for trade. There main agriculture consisted of fishing, whaling, trading, creating lumber and shipbuilding. To summarize, the geography of New England and the Southern colonies are distinctively different with temperature and land which interns has an
The New England, Middle, and Southern colonies, although different, were all fueled by the colonists’ desire to provide better lives for themselves. The majority of the colonists used the agricultural technological exchange to get ahead of neighboring countries. The New England, Middle, and Southern colonies were centered around varying religions and economies but shared a common goal of success in the New World. This essay will highlight the major differences and similarities between the three regions of English colonization, key personalities and Indian relations throughout the regions, as well as economic institutions, religious impact and political progress. The three regions shared values that benefitted them greatly.
The New England, Middle and Southern colonies were all English ruled, but yet very different. Among their distinctions, was the geography which played an important role in shaping these colonies. New England attracted Puritan farmers who wanted to separate from the Catholic Church. But because of the bone dry soil in the North, these colonists found they couldn't continue with their traditional ways of farming. However, with the immense amounts of water that surrounded them, they found that they could fish and trade. The Middle colonies on the other, hand had a moderate amount of everything. The fertile soil and the major seaports such as Philadelphia and New York,
To begin with, the English colonies were awfully diverse based on the environment that they were founded on. Each region consisted of different growing seasons, agriculture, and climates. Simultaneously, the New England colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut) were founded upon hilly and mountainous terrain that consisted of many rivers, rocky soil, and the coldest climate of all three regions. The long, harsh winters meant for the shortest growing season, leading the New England colonists to discover new ways of making income. In these northern colonies, fish, timber, and furs were their resources. Meanwhile in the middle colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware), flat land, rich soil, , navigable waters and coastal plains that stretched as far as the Appalachian foothills led to the Pennsylvania colony being the first to prosper in North America for England. Family farmers had a rich, level growing land as
In 1607, the thirteen colonies were founded. These colonies were classified into three different groups, the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. The states included in these groups were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The thirteen colonies played an important role in expansion, farming, politics, religion, and freedom. I
The geographical characteristics of the colonial regions helped shape what the colony is most beneficial for. The northern colonies consist of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The northern region had poor soil and a harsh climate. The cold climate helped prevent the spread deadly diseases from infecting the people.
The Northern and Southern colonies developed their differences through the kinds of people each settlement attracted, the developing economies of each settlement, and each settlements dependency on slavery. Even though all the English settlements joined together to declare independence from Great Britain in the end, their differences challenged them when crafting the Constitution. And in the end those differences had a huge impact on the new American government, and the American government today.
In the southern colonies the concentration was mostly on the plantations. The southern colonies included the province of Maryland, the colony of Virginia, the province of North Carolina, the province of South Carolina, and the province of Georgia. They all had year round growing seasons for crops such as rice and tobacco. The presence of many waterways in the area made is a lot easier for people to get around. Usually each colony specialized in one or two different crops. On the other hand the northern colonies, which was made up of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Plymouth, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, were more concentrated on they’re trading. Farming was more difficult to do because of the poor soil, cold climates, and shorter growing seasons. Families in New England grew enough food to feed their families but had to rely on the trading to earn livings. The economy in all of the economies is bad, its not just one side of the 13
Why did the New England and Chesapeake colonies differ so much? Although both these colonies where inhabited by people of English origin the similarities ended there. Such factors as motive of settlement, the settlers themselves and even geography of settlement all shaped these colonies into two very distinctive societies.
After Jamestown, the first colony, thousands of people migrated to the New World to find religious and political freedom. The New World was a huge mystery; people were hungry for adventure. Slowly the New World turned into its own mini-country created by a collection of 13 colonies; although, they were still be governed by the British. These 13 colonies can be categorized into three: Northeast (New England), Middle and Southern colonies. The New England Colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire. The Middle Colonies were New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Southern Colonies were known as Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Although many of the immigrants in those colonies came for similar reasons, they were vastly different from each other.