Colonial Resistance

In Colonial America the New England and the Southern States transitioned from a rebellious resistance to authority. The New England States were very religious which helped them to establish the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies. Anyone person that challenged their religious teachings would be banished. The Southern States were royal colonies which were ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch. All southern states showed colonial resistance to british power.

The banished people of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies established their own settlements which developed into Rhode Island and Connecticut. Roger Williams, a banished Puritan minister, fled southward and founded the settlement of Providence. Providence tolerated all

beliefs and even acknowledged the rights of and paid the American Indians. Roger was granted a charter from parliament that joined Providence and Portsmouth into a single colony creating Rhode Island. To the west of Rhode Island, the Boston Puritans founded the colony of Hartford. They drew up the first constitution in America the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. It allowed a legislature to be chosen by popular vote and the governor to be chosen by that legislature. Not too far from Hartford the settlement of New Haven was established. The two settlement joined together to create Connecticut. A few settlements north of Boston was considered New Hampshire. King Charles, trying to gain royal control of the colonies, made New Hampshire a royal colony. The New England colonies faced constant danger from the American Indians, Dutch, and the French. From this threat they formed a military alliance, the New England Confederation. The New England Confederation composed of two representatives from each colony. This unification was very important because it shows the colonies maturing and unifying to defeat a common enemy.
King Charles II granted land to eight wealthy nobles who became the lord proprietors of the Carolinas.

The southern Carolina's economy was initially based on trading furs and providing food for the West Indies. Eventually the rice growing plantations in South Carolina were run by African slaves and resembled the economy of the West Indies. In Northern Carolina farmers from Virginia and New England created small, self- producing tobacco farms. There were not as many large plantations like South Carolina and less reliance on slavery. Georgia was the last and only one of the British colonies that received direct financial help from London. Britain wanted Georgia to be created to create a blockade between the prosperous southern plantations and Spanish Florida. Also people that owed money to the English government would be shipped to Georgia. James Oglethorpe founded Savannah and became the first governor. He created a plan to make the colony prosper. He made elaborate rules that stated bans on drinking rum and slavery. Even with these rules the colony did not prosper due to the constant threat of the Spanish. The British government took over Georgia and made it a royal colony. The ban on whisky and slavery were abolished and the colony started adopting South Carolina's plantation system. This shows how when the southern states followed the authority of the government they started to grow and

flourish.
The New England and the Southern Colonies both grew and developed throughout time. Throughout the years they both came from resistance and ended up following British rule. following authority really gave both colonies greater opportunities and allowed them to prosper and grow.