New England & Southern Colonies

Kaylei Oliver

History 1301 Summer 2017

Aug. 2nd, 2017

New England & Southern Colonies


        The thirteen original colonies was split into regions (which are shown above in the map) with each region containing different states. The thirteen colonies was founded between 1607 and 1733 on the eastern coast of what is now known as the United States of America (located along the Atlantic Ocean). This was a stepping stone discovery for what would become the United States of America after the Contiental Congress declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776.
        
        Today, I am going to be comparing and contrasting two specific regions (New England and Southern) in "depth" in terms of how it was founded and lifestyles that were carried out along with many other things.

        In the beginning they classified what is now Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut as the New England region and the Southern contained Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Due to geographical locations, it would only make sense to infer that the weather was very different in these locations. Stating that, we know the south was hotter and the north (aka New England) was cooler which explains why southerners lived on average ten years less than people in the north (harsher climates called for harder living conditions). The south did have the weather on its side when it came to things like farming because crops could grow explaining why it was more of a plantation region whereas the north was more indutrial in ways of making an income. So the geography played a role in many aspects of the two regions. Due to many of the southern settlers being planters, it created a hiearchy which classified the top as plantation farmers, then middle-class farmers, following that was servants (aka slaves) which made up a huge population. Unlike the south, the north didn't have a desire to own slaves because they didn't farm therefore, people were treated more equal there.

        The north had more families and groups travel to it which created a need for schools and the population turnover was much higher than that of the south where many individuals lived in many places. Stating that, the south had less