Ap Us History Diversity Between Colonies

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The thirteen original colonies are typically divided into three sections. These sections are New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies. Each section is unique and has very specific characteristics. Some factors that play a part in the vast diversity are climate and religion. The diversity between New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies is apparent in several ways. Colonial New England living was hard. Any family member that was able to walk had to help with the household chores. Farming was a lifestyle in New England. Some key crops were corn, rye, pumpkin, and squash. New England was extremely religious during colonial times. By law, everyone had to spend their entire Sunday at the church, which was Puritan. It is very apparent that colonial New England was extremely strict on many different things. Life in the middle colonies was based on farming and agriculture. Farmers lived in very small houses that were approximately ten to twenty miles outside of the city. The farms were quite large and some staple crops that grew there were wheat, barley, and rye. Some other grains and fruits also grew well in the soil of the middle colonies. The religion of the middle colonies was Quaker. The founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, was a Quaker. There was much diversity in the religion and more between New England and the middle colonies. Just like the middle colonies, life in the southern colonies was based on farming and agriculture. An extremely vital crop was tobacco. Tobacco was a cash crop. Farmers grew it simply to sell it for profit. There was no set religion in the southern colonies. Due to that fact, there weren’t many traditional families in the south. There were mostly farmers and single people. It is safe to say that life in the southern colonies was much different in many ways than life in New England and the middle
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