The Thirteen Colonies’ economy were driven by many different things. The North was all about fish, the Middle was pretty much just crops, although it had lots of industry. lastly there was the South which was all about crops and plantations. The economy was like this mainly because of the geography and temperature. If that was different, then different thing would drive the economic structure. The South's economy was driven by crops and plantations. It was like this because of the geography. They had hot, humid summers and their soil was nice and fertile. This caused their farms to be nice and large. They also needed many slaves to help out with their plantations. The first slaves arrived in the colonies in Jamestown, 1619. The average southern …show more content…
white man could only ever hope to have up about one to four slaves. He would dress similar to the slaves, eat similar food, and so on. Now, the gentry white men didn’t work, and so what they did was when they bought more slaves, they made their farm bigger, allowing him to buy more slaves. Because of this, all of the land in Virginia and Georgia was being taken up, and the other settlers had to start moving west. The Middle colonies were driven by different things, and a good amount of it was farming. They had nice, fertile soil and a mostly low land, and land was acquired easier than in the south. They harvested wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. Pennsylvania grew wheat, corn, rye, hemp, and flax. This caused Pennsylvania to be the main plant producer in the colonies The middle colonies are called the “Breadbasket” because they were growing all those things. Wheat could also be turned into flour, and both of these could be sold for a profit in the colonies, as well as England The crops weren’t the only things the Middle colonies had though, you had people that worked at sawmills and gristmills, which are mills that harvest grain. They also had huge forests, resulting in the lumbering and shipbuilding industry. There was also the textile industry, as well as printing, publishing, and paper making. They were also using pig iron and making products out of it. Now on to the New England colonies (also known as the Northern colonies), the New England colonies were all about fish, as well as other industries. This occurred because they were right by the Atlantic Trade network, and people figured out a good way to make money because of this. You see, people started making bait shops, and things, and all these shops turned into towns, which turned into cities. The colonies gave, and trade fish to England. Since there was the Atlantic Ocean right there,there was an abundance of sea life, mainly cod and whales though. They could also trade furs and lumber with England.
They hunted animals to put food on the table, as well as make furs. They also had forests to chop down for lumber, because England had a shortage, also for shipbuilding and housebuilding. Artisans, shopkeepers, and merchants all provided services for farmers. You could also usually find furniture makers, wheelwrights, and blacksmiths, in villages. Unlike in the south, there was no slaves, except for a little bit when they were first introduced to the colonies. Although there were no slaves, there were lots of immigrants. They came because if they lived in the south they would have to back breaking work all day in the hot sun. This provided lots of labor in the New England colonies, from working in bait shops to actual fishing. The New England colonies Geography was different from the middle, and southern colonies. Sure they had plains and lowland, but all they had hard, rocky soil. During the last ice age, glaciers had moved all the rich, fertile soil down south. Not only was the rocky soil making it hard to farm, but there was also hills and forests that got in the way as well; lastly, they had long cold winters, with humid summers, and the growing season was only five months
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In the early stages of North American colonization by the English, the colony of Jamestown, Virginia was founded in 1607 (Mailer Handout 1 (6)). Soon after the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1629 (Mailer Handout 2 (1)). These two colonies, although close in the time they were founded, have many differences in aspects of their lives and the way they were settled. The colonies have a different religious system, economic system, political system, and they have a different way of doing things; whether that be pertaining to making money, practicing religion, or electing governors. Along with the differences, there are also a sameness between these two colonies. Each colony has been derived from England and has been founded by companies
Firstly, there were the Southern colonies. These colonies tried to remain true to their roots, the King of England. They made their money by growing cash crops on large plantations: tobacco, rice, and indigo. Colonists came to settle in the Southern colonies mainly to make money. Their social life was based on family status and the ownership of land. Large plantation owners controlled the government, as well as society. The people that lived here were
During the late 16th century and into the 17th century, European nations rapidly colonized the newly discovered Americas. England in particular sent out numerous groups to the eastern coast of North America to two regions. These two regions were known as the Chesapeake and the New England areas. Later, in the late 1700's, these two areas would bond to become one nation. Yet from the very beginnings, both had very separate and unique identities. These differences, though very numerous, spurred from one major factor: the very reason the settlers came to the New World. This affected the colonies in literally every way, including economically, socially, and politically.
The American colonies new England ,middle and southern colonies were very similar but different.The New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies grew differently over the period on 1619-1760. The three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different. There is hugely different between each other and style to lived. Such as, economics and agriculture.In this essay,
In the South, however, the economy was predominantly agricultural. Cotton and tobacco plantations relied heavily on the free labor of slaves for their economic prosperity. They saw the urbanization and industrialization of the North, and the economic connection between the North a...
The characteristics that came to shape the life in New England were the rocky, barren soil, the extreme climate and the rich waters. Although there was farming in New England , colonists looked to other means of survival. They looked to the rich waters for fishing and trade. The coastline of New England was very fertile with sealife. So, fishing became a way of commerce and trade providing a steady economy to New England. Because of the rocky soil and extreme climate, the colonists were forced to plant many different crops on a small pa...
While under English control, each of the three regions of colonial America developed its own economic system- plantation agriculture was based in the Southern colonies, but other sectors of the economy flourished in the Northern and Middle colonies (along with some forms of agriculture). The natural resources that were available at the time provided the foundation for each region’s unique specialty. However, one could argue that these economies eventually led to the development of certain social issues within colonial society, such as the cruelty of slavery, the Salem Witch Trials, and even the lack of available labor in Maryland.
The southern economy was largely dependent on slaves, who worked on the numerous plantations of the South. Moreover, the main purpose of slavery in the South was for the cultivation of these cotton plantations. (Doc 4) For this reason, southerners believed
The culture of New England was one unique to New England. The northern colonies of New England were dominated by the Puritans, and settled primarily for religious reasons. The environment of New England consisted of rocky soil, dense forests, and large numbers of fish (Sarcelle, 1965). The culture that developed in New England was appropriate to such conditions.
Also, in the South, it was hard, rough work in the hot sun and very few whites were willing to do the work, therefore, most plantation owners purchased slaves to work the land. The plantation owner gave the slaves shelter and a small food allowance as a salary. Thereby, the plantation owner "saved" his money to invest in more land, which of course required more slaves to continue to yield a larger profit. An economic cycle was created between plantation owner and slave, one that would take generations to end. Slaves were now a necessity on the larger plantations to work the fields.
Both areas had different economics. For example, New England’s economy was through fishing since they had rocky soil that cause them not to be able to plant many crops in the land. But, in the Chesapeake Region area, their economy was based on tobacco so the people from this area use farmland to plant and cultivate tobacco. Tobacco was one of the most important and main source of economy. But, since they had small plantations, the owners needed few workers so they decided to get indentures servants that were not expensive in this time period. The plantation’s owner gain fifty acres of land because of the headright system that stated that if the plantation owner paid for the trip of the indentured servants, the plantation owner will gain fifty acres of land for tobacco
In the beginning of the 1800s, economic diversities between the two different regions had also grown. By the year 1860, cotton was the chief crop for the South; it also represented fifty-seven percent of all American exports. The prosperity of cotton fulfilled the South's reliance on the plantation system and its crucial elementslavery.
In pre-revolutionary America, there were three developing regions known as the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. These regions were separate until the late 18th century. They are known as the thirteen colonies and they developed through many factors like religion, economics, and politics. Colonial America depended on their natural environment and labor forces to produce certain cash crops, and this will determine the economic ties between consumers and producers, and strengthen the economy of the New World in America. Although religion and politics had a great influence on the development of three separate and distinct colonial regions in the thirteen colonies, economics had the greatest influence because
The New England colonist had a very hard environment to learn and live in. They had a lot of forest and rocky, sometimes barren soil and a good amount of water sources. This made it hard to farm and grow the crops they needed to survive, but they had enough water sources for travel and trade throughout the other colonial regions. Their climate was also, very cold, so winters were long. But, the way their environment was, made it easier to use more of the natural resources for the different jobs.
When the colonists first arrived in North America, they primarily settled towards the north as they had to claim land before they arrived. The geographical features of the North were primarily forest areas, some grassfields, and rivers. Despite that fact, there were some mountain ranges in the north that impacted the Northerners way of life. Due to the vast amount of trees, countless colonists had to cut down trees for lumber. Additionally, the rivers were used as power for their factories. Geographical features like these is the reason why the North was superior at manufacturing. However, what hurt the English