Compare And Contrast Northern And Southern Colonies

The English Colonies diversified greatly in their social surroundings throughout the Northern and Southern territories due to the differences in economic productivity, infant mortality, and marriage. The economies of the colonies widely differed from North to South. Southern colonies that included the Chesapeake colony especially, had the large scale farm as the main backbone for profit. Soil was rich and the temperature change was not as rampant as the North. Sugar and Tobacco demand in Europe allowed much of these large farms to expand and become extremely common in the South. Poor soil quality in the North pushed colonists to do lumber, furs, and fishing to stimulate their economy. Soil and weather allowed these colonies to have these stark

Colonies, colonies, we all should know that a colony is a region of land that is under the political control of another country. According to the passage, "the colonies began with the founding of Jamestown until the beginning of the Revolutionary War." The author explains, that there is are 13 colonies divided into three groups, Northern, southern and middle. The reason for this is that they all have idiosyncratic backgrounds. The New England (Northern), Southern, and Middle colonies are different, particularly in terms of land, labor, religion, native relations, and etc. The colonies, although they were all British they had some similarities, but mainly they had differences.

To look into the economic status for both colonies, they had more differences than similarities. The South had large farms and plantations, on the other hand, north had small farms and few plantations. North had more raw materials to trade than the South, but as mentioned the South had larger farms and work areas. The North colonies mostly traded cotton, they were very popular about their cotton. So, the South was agriculture more than the North. Northern focused on farming, fishing, and trade with the Atlantic's (Lecture, Economies of Early British Colonies). People in North were mostly focused on building communities, because they traveled and came into North as families, unlike the South who were mainly focused on agriculture for export

There were thirteen original colonies. These colonies were split up into three different divisions. There were the New England colonies, Southern colonies, and Middle colonies. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, etc. The Southern Colonies consisted of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Southern Colonies Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia Virginia was the first successful southern colony, Maryland became at first a catholic experiment and then quickly mirrored Virginia for its cash crops. The Carolinas had been created after the english civil war ended. Challenges from France and Spain led the king to want a buffer zone between the cash crop Carolinas and enemies, thus Georgia was created. Southern colonies depended on slaves whether it was for the economy, society, or their own personal needs. Southerners who did not have slaves still depended on them just on the soul fact that they were beneath them and made them feel better about their place in society.

In the Southern colonies, agriculture such as farming corn and cotton was an essential way of living, however; the Northern colonies relied on manufacturing trade, but purchased cotton from the Southern colonies. Although the Northern and Southern colonies had different economic plans, Martin had a plan for the Native Americans which was to let them suffer starvation. According to Document 2, Martin two ways to have success in his plan was to keep them from “setting corn at home and fishing” and keeping them from “trading for corn.” This plan happened before slavery started in Jamestown. With this being said, even though the Northern colonies traded raw materials; the Southern colonies had larger plantations. In addition, both the Southern

Based on English traditions, the Southern Colonies' social structure was determined by a person's lineage and wealth. On top of the structure, there were many wealthy English families, clergymen, judges, and people who owned large amounts of land; these people were able to control the workers due to their powerful status. Under the powerful people was the largest social class in the colonies; many merchants, vendors, and farmers were on this level. Although they weren't of a more powerful status such as the clergymen and judges, they were still very educated, hardworking, and skilled. These people may not have had power, but they were not treated as badly as the indentured servants and Africans. Many people struggled on these lower levels.

In the New England Colonies, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut were all charter colonies. However, New Hampshire was ruled with a royal government. The government in these regions were influenced by religion. For example, the Massachusetts bay colony was formed by the Puritans and only male church members could be in the government and vote. The Mayflower compact was an important document or agreement within the Massachusetts colony.

The colonies were set up by the people’s intention for them as well as the region they so happened to hand at. Almost all of them did not reach their intended purpose for their set up. This however led to many slightly similar and completely different ways of life. The southern and northern colonies both developed because of their specific circumstances as well as the people who live there.

Major Lifestyles Distinctions in the Northern and Southern Colonies In the early history of the United States, 13 colonies were founded by English settlers. The main reasons European colonist came to America were, looking for freedom of religion or seeking economic opportunity. The first colony funded was Virginia in 1607, and the last was Georgia in 1733. Each colony was founded for a unique reason, but were all very similar.

Connections: New England colonies were very different from southern colonies several respects including how they were governed, and how they were paid for. New England colonies were run by the town, and town officials were chosen by vote. Also the colonies were usually bought as corporate companies. In the southern colonies, joint stock companies were used to purchase the colony, and the Virginia House of Burgesses was less effective to govern the colony, than the towns were in New England.

Differences in the North and South Colonies England had colonies on the east coast of both the north and south parts of America. Even though these colonies were both from England they had different experiences while colonizing the area. The New England colonies were more family and religion oriented while the southern colonies were more focused on growing wealth and gaining status. There are multiple reasons why the Sothern and New England colonies developed differently. Factors that played on their different development were their motives for traveling to America and the different environments that they settled in.

The northern colonies based their politics based mostly off religion. They wanted their laws and values to be in the same line and in place with God’s. The northern colonies were concerned with making a society based off of God’s word and principles. The southern colonies were more concerned with the economic standpoint of politics rather than the religious religious part. They ran their colonies and made their laws based on what was going to benefit them the most economically.

As it has been already mentioned, the initial colonies were founded by such countries as England, France, Spain, Netherlands and even Russia. These initial colonies on the East Coast were New Hampshire, New York, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina, etc.

The first permanent North American colony was established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia. This was the first colony established in the southern territory of the Americas. Years later in 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts became the first northern colony established in the Americas. Although both were established around the same time period and both originated from Britain, it was evident from the beginning that their motives were different. Most colonies settling in the north were attempting to flee religious persecution, while Southern colonies were founded for economic gain. Although there were some apparent similarities in the beginning, the colonies began to develop different economic systems, religious views, and government. Therefore, the statement that the north and south had more similarities than differences is not valid.