In the 1700s New England had 13 colonies. Each of these colonies were different from one another but each were broken into 3 distinct regions. They were broken apart depending on their location, agriculture, and industries.
The New England Colonies
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The English colonies was where people had a unique lifestyle that was deeply tied to their religion. The English Colonies included Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. These colonies came out of the Plymouth colony. They were very religious and started towns by churches. There the growing season was short so farmers had to practice subsistence farming. The smaller farmers could only grow food enough for their families. There was very few slavery and very few European Immigrants. The things there were cattle, fish, furs, shipbuilding, timber, and whaling.
The Middle Colonies
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The Middle Colonies grew lots of food, had a large amount of European Immigrants, and in religion had very tolerant differences. The Middle Colonies included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. They boasted longer growing season and had a rich soil. Their main crop was grain they produced so much grain that they were called the "breadbasket" colonies. They had cattle, fish, furs, iron, pigs, sheep, timber, and wheat. In this colony there were these religious groups on of them were called Quakers. They practiced religious tolerance. Quakers insisted on the equality of men and women. Quakers were the first to raise their voice against slavery and influenced immigrants then the whole nation. This colony became home to many people such as the English, Dutch, Scots-Irish, African, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Swedish, and French. In 1750 about 7 percent of the population was enslaved. The people enslaved were hard to control so they had to use violence against enslaved people.
The Southern Colonies
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The Southern Colonies were known for its plantations of large farms that relied on slavery for laborer and also for its large amount of slavery. The Southern Colonies were made up of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. They had corn, indigo, naval stores, pigs, rice, and tobacco. The growth of slavery helped farming to spread through Georgia and South Carolina. The decreased amount of labor in farming then by 1600s became the enslaved people to work on the plantations. In 1665 fewer than 500 Africans were enslaved that were brought. By 1750 there were over 235,000 enslaved Africans in America. Out of 85 percent living in Southern Colonies 40 percent were enslaved.