For wach group colonies (New England, Middle, South), know the following:?

Question

a. What colonies make up that group?
b. Who person/people created the colony and why?
c. What products came from that area?

Answer 1

New England consisted of four colonies: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire. In those days, Maine was part of Mass, and Vertmont was partially NH, part NY, and part Canada. These were all British-created colonies, originating from Puritans but eventually taking on other British and later Irish settlers. This area was known for small-scale farming, milling, ship-building, lumber products, and basic manufacturing. Connecticut later developed some tobacco farming as well.

The British colonies of the South were Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia (which in theory also included almost all of Alabama and Mississippi, based on its charter). These mainly attracted British and German settlers; Georgia started out as a penal colony. Florida was a Spanish colony, while Louisianna was a French one. The south was prime agricultural lands for its long growing season; tobacco was the first major crop, based in Virginia. Cotton didn't get into its heyday until after the US was founded, and the invention of the cotton gin made it a viable export.

The middle states were settled by different groups for different reasons, some national, some ethnic. New Belgium and New Sweden wereshort-lived colonies; Nieuw Nederland (today's NY, NJ and most of Vermont) was the longest surviving non-English settlement (1620 to around 1670). Maryland was settled as a Catholic state; Pennsylvania as a Quaker one. This was an early agricultural breadbasket before the midwest was settled, particularly for grains.