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…
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
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
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 New England, Middle and Southern colonies were all English ruled, but yet very different. Among their distinctions, was the geography which played an important role in shaping these colonies. New England attracted Puritan farmers who wanted to separate from the Catholic Church. But because of the bone dry soil in the North, these colonists found they couldn't continue with their traditional ways of farming. However, with the immense amounts of water that surrounded them, they found that they could fish and trade. The Middle colonies on the other, hand had a moderate amount of everything. The fertile soil and the major seaports such as Philadelphia and New York, allowed these Middle colonists to make a living any way they saw fit. This led to the brisk development of the Middle Seaboard . Unlike the Middle and Northern colonies, the Southern colonies had large amounts of fertile land allowing for the development of large plantations. Because farming the plantations was the economic thrust for the South, towns and cities developed slowly. Thusly Geography greatly affected the lifestyles of these regions in the New World.
The Southern Colonies were established mainly for economic reasons and they relied heavily on natural resources
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
To the south of New England were the middle colonies. There the soil was fertile, and the weather more acclimated to farming (Sarcelle, 1965). Rivers flowed west toward the frontier, enabling transportation. The middle colonies, as opposed to the relatively Puritan dominated New England, were very diverse in people. A mixture of Dutch, German, Swedes, English and other smaller groups were present in middle colonial cities such as New York (Higginbotham, 1996).
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.
Southern colonies were hilly coast with grew cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cans .also they had specific regions which gave way to religious freedoms.The founders of the Southern Colonies were, for the most part, out to make money. They brought their families, as did the New England colonists, and they kept their families together on the plantations.In the Southern Colonies and travel environment controlled social life. The Southern Colonies had a hard-and-fast three class system. Upper-class rich colony owners, middle-class small colony owners, lower class.The southern colonies were established early on after the settlement of Jamestown in 1607. At first, the south also relied on the forests and the water, but tobacco and cotton later emerged as cash crops. Initially, these crops were harvested by indentured servants, but with the growth of plantations, planters started to import slaves from Africa. In the South, there was a great divide between the rich and the poor. The Church of England was the dominant religion and the center of life for southerners. Laws were made by county governments and the economy centered around the large
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 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
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
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.
They had good farmland. However, there were a lot of swamps and marshes. And a good amount of forest and long rivers for their good farming use. The Sountheren colonies did not have the staple crops like the middle colonies, however they did have the “Cash Crops”. The cash crops were things like tobacco. They provided a lot of money for the southeren colonies, but they did not have the volontered workers that other colonies had. Therefor they had to resulte in bringing in slaves from Africa. Evenr if they did not have as much money or servants as other colonies they did create the first self-government called The House of
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.
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