Differences Between Middle Colonies And New England Colonies

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By the late 1600’s and early 1700’s, Britain colonies emerged in North America. Although, these colonies were grouped accordingly simply due to their location; the reason why they were found and their industry, each colony had differences as far as way of life was concerned. Nonetheless, they were the original thirteen colonies: Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire belonged to the New England Colonies; Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey belonged to the Middle Colonies; and, Southern Colonies which contained Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The New England Colonies Economically, the New England Colonies were mainly farmers and fishermen. Relying with their sons and daughters, they produced their own food and clothing; exported grains, like corn and wheat, and animals or livestock to…show more content…
Significantly, it featured the plantation of tobacco. Rice and indigo and tobacco as well were sold in England and parts in the Americas. The vast land contained acres of farmland and buildings where landowner lived and worked there. The majority of the labor was done by the first batch of African slaves in 1619. Socially, the Southern Colonies’ purpose was mostly to make money even if it was readily available in the new American market. Like the New England Colonies, they brought their families with them in the plantations. More rigid social classes had formed by the 1700’s. A gentry or wealthy upper classes had emerged. They built large home in the plantation just so as to emulate the English upper crust. They relied upon credit cards to maintain their lifestyles which were very convenient to them. As a conclusion, the events happened at that time enhanced not only the beginning of the formation of the American culture but, most of all; it was the turning point in US history in the 18th
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