Comparing Colonies

	New England	Middle Colonies “The bread basket colonies”	Southern Colonies
Geography	-Cold -Poor, rocky soil -Short growing season -A lot of glaciers -A lot of forests -Poor farming -Good seas	-Along the Atlantic coast -Good farmland -Beavers -Rivers -Woods -Rich and deep soil -Warm climate -Rich in timber	-Warm climate -Good farmland -Rich soil -Woods full of animals -Growing season: 7 or 8 months long -Tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo
Economics	-Grew wheat, corn, rye, vegetables -Pigs, sheep and cattle -Fishing -Trade slaves	-The farmers produced more than needed -Sell the crops -Shops selling clocks, clothes, wigs, tools -Trades people -Good place to do business -Lumberjacks and loggers -Traded furs, lumber, grain, and meat (sea commerce)	-Sold cash crops: tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo. -Slave trade: they used to buy slaves -Plantations
Society	-Schools for boys (for 6 years) -Schools for communities with more than 50 families -Religious freedom -Puritans -Puritan Church leaders -Town crier -Sundays are religious	-They believed people were equal -Religious tolerance -Maryland: refuge for Catholics -French, Dutch, Germans, Scotch, and Irish -Quakers -Organized streets	-Slaves for the plantations and for the rich people’s houses -Savannah: a penal colony and a safety zone for British and Spanish colonists -They had parties for the rich -They had private tutors who went to their houses -Plantations are far apart -Rich would go fox hunting
Politics	-Town crier -Public discussions to solve problems -Puritan Church leaders -Laws based on the Bible	-William Penn -Lord Baltimore (Maryland) -James Oglethorpe (Georgia)	-Savannah: a penal colony and a safety zone for British and Spanish