North Carolina Colony

Northern Carolina and Southern Carolina were very different. In Northern Carolina their main crop was tobacco instead of rice and many of the early settlers came from Virginia. The sounds were not deep enough to permit seaports, so the northern settlers kept their ties to Virginia in order to have a port from which they could ship tobacco. In Southern Carolina their main crop was rice and Indians were the first slaves the southern settlers had, and later African Americans took their place. Three counties that were in the Southern Carolina is Berkeley County, Colleton County, and Craven County. Northern and Southern Carolina had many different things about them like crops and settlers.

Geography: flat, good fertile soil, long growing season for crops, warm tempatures. To the East is is the Alantic ocean and to the west is the Appalachian mountains.

The glaciers from the north made it so that they have fertile soil and the growing seasons were much longer with lots of sunlight and rain. They traveled by riding along the wide rivers like the Delaware river and the Hudson river. The middle colonies were an important distribution center in the English mercantile system. The land they live on has a lot of diversity between race, the diversity in races are Catholic, English, and Enslaved Africans all share the land. They made a living by working on the farms and selling those crops to the town. Farming was a good source of money because the fertile soil made it easy to grow crops like grain, trees, and potatoes.

As stated previously, the opportunities that the colonists in the New England settlements and the Chesapeake region colonies were

The colonial societies between the New England and the Chesapeake that developed prior to 1700 were very different but also had some similarities, in terms of there economic systems, social and political set ups, amd religious beliefs.

colonies emerged around the early 1600 's when the Europeans came to the New World and

The New England colonies were first founded in the last 16th to 17th century as a sanctuary for differing religious groups. New England was made up of the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. New Hampshire, however, was formed for economic reasons instead of religious ones. The Chesapeake region, which is made up of the colonies of Maryland and Virginia, was founded by the British colonies for the purpose of farming. However, by the 1700’s, despite both being settled by Englishmen, New England and the Chesapeake region had developed differently. This difference was contributed to religious tolerance, economics, and population.

In the North, they had all the four seasons of fall, winter, spring, and summer. The North had cold winters and hot summers compared to the South. Many Northern states like Maine had really short growing times and long, cold winters that were bad for crops. The more Southern states like Ohio were better for crops as they had a longer growing season. The geography of

The New England and Chesapeake colonies were established during the early 1700s. Despite the population originating from England, the regions had distinct societies. This was due to the fact that many settlers voyaged to the New World in search of riches, to seek new lives, or for religious freedom. They differed socially, politically, economically, and geographically.

Hooker inspired the “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut” which was a democratic constitution that formed a representative government. Connecticut still is self-governed, and all male church members can vote Fundamental Orders which brought the organization of government in the colony. In Connecticut, the climate of the colony varies with winters long and having about 20 inches of snow near the coast and up to 50 inches in the northern mountains. However, summers are quite mild and short leading to long. Connecticut’s economy mainly focuses in manufacturing goods and providing them for town life which including ship building and the export of rum. Connecticut has natural materials and raw resources including fish, whales, and timber. Agriculture is difficult for crops like wheat due to the poor soil, but corn, squash, etc can be raised instead. In addition their economy, there are also some social characteristics that vary in Connecticut. Connecticut is held together by law and founded for religious reasons rather than economic reasons which most of the other colonies were founded for. Connecticut is much more church-centered and family-oriented than the others at first. In addition, another social characteristic includes the hostile relationship between the Native Americans and colonists. As a result, the Native Americans went to war with the colonists in several different occasions. Both sides were

New England also had many ports.” This explains that there are plentiful resources in the North and also several waterways. It didn’t explicitly state that there were several waterways, however, I can infer because there are ports, there are also waterways. However the South isn’t an antithesis, the geography does vary. While the North had lots of natural resources such as trees, the south had their resource in the dirt. The South’s economy was built on agriculture, the soil that they used played a key part because they were able to grow lots of food and cotton. I know this because in Discovering Our Past: The American Journey, the text explains, “Why was there little industry in the South? One reason was because of the boom in cotton sales. Because agriculture was so profitable, Southerners remained committed to farming rather than starting new businesses.” This is a key difference between the North and the South. This provided for entirely different lifestyles. The North was filled with factories,

The southern Colonies were established early on after the Settlement of Jamestown in 1607.The geography of the southern colonies was hilly coastal plains with plenty of forests. The climate was the warmest of the three regions, winters not difficult to survive, warmer climate gave rise to spread of disease. In the South there was a great divide of rich and poor.

Most of the colonies in America were settled by the English, which makes them similar in many designs. However, there are a few aspects that differentiate between colonies, such as in the Chesapeake and New England regions. Reasons for settlement, religions, and geography all played an important role in the development of colonies in these regions. These conditions were natural and mostly subject to circumstances and conditions that were unchangeable. Nonetheless, no matter the modest causes, the effects were very substantial in helping to develop the uniqueness of each region.

In the 1500s were there were only 13 colonies, they traded many items that soon became the center of there region, but, trading these days is isn’t as important as it was those days. The most important things is getting resources from other countries. If we can go back at that time when trading was important, there would be a lot of merchants in the ports trading many things. There were many farmers in the southern colonies that grow many things. There were also many ocean products in the New England colonies that they traded. If there were other things that also has to do with trading, then find it right in front of you.

After reviewing the reading, it’s very clear that the southern colonies would be the best place to settle. I would become a farmer because of the business of it. To be more exact I would live in Virginia even though Carolina happen to be more smart when it came to basically everything else than any other colonie. Most importantly why I would chose to be here is because they had access to the cash crops of the time, Tobacco. It allowed the lowest of society to become something and to become very wealthy. It turned the rag to riches. It was perfect for people that wanted to change their past and to have a new start. South tobacco farm owners became the most wealthy and self sufficient from the government. The south had popular trading ports that