The American Colonies
Trade with Native Americans.
Whaling & Shipbuilding. Lumber Religious Rulers (Theocracy) Town meetings Mayflower Compact. House of Burgesses. Dense woods with streams. Small gardens for the family. Rocky soils. Massachusetts. Harbor towns. Close knit towns. Religion controlled society/politics/economy. Backcountry Colonies Hunting and gathering. No form of government. The Old Wagon Trail. Isolated homesteads. Appalachian mountains. Dense woods with streams.Families or clans No specific religion. Southern Colonies cash crops like tobacco & rice. Farmers, merchants, craftsmen. Plantation owners, plantation, overseers, and poor farmers. Religion played minor role in politics/ economy. Wealthy, elite rule. Virginia. Good farm land. Large isolated settlements. Rich soil and long growing season Large plantations systems. Indentured servants and slave lab Middle Colonies Breadbasket crops and trading. Farmers, merchants, craftsmen, artisans. Religion played little role in politics/ economy. Small town governments reflecting diversity of settlement. Small, self sufficient family farmers. City of brotherly love. Pennsylvania. Good farms Family and community labor. Awareness and some acceptance of differences. |