NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

States

Climate &
Geography

Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire

Rocky soil
Short growing
season
Led to
SUBSISTENCE
FARMING

SOUTHERN COLONIES

States

Climate &
Geography

Timber/trees
Whaling & fishing
Natural
Resources

Natural
Resources

Industry

Fishing &
Shipbuilding
Trade
With colonies
With Europe
With Africa

Industry

Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Rich, fertile soil
Long growing season

Led to
CASH CROPS

Water in swamps &

rivers
Rice, Tobacco,
Indigo
**Needed lots
of labor to
produce!
Farming on huge
Plantations
Buying and selling
slaves

MIDDLE COLONIES

States

Climate &
Geography

Natural
Resources

New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

Longer growing
season than New
England
Rich, fertile soil
Cash Crops!
Rolling hills & fields
Harbors along the
coast
Productive Farming
land

Industry

Farming for Cash

crops
Grain & bread
Atlantic Trading

NEW ENGLAND
COLONIES

Demographics

Mostly lived near

towns
Many Puritans &
religious groups
Very few slaves
Free Blacks

SOUTHERN COLONIES
Very few cities
Worker class of
people
Indentured
White Servants
Native
Demographics
American

slaves
African Slaves
Elite, Rich, White
Planter class

MIDDLE COLONIES

Demographics

DIVERSITY:
Immigrants
from Europe:
German,
Dutch,
English, Irish,
etc.
Society of Tolerance
Middle Class of
artisans
SOME slavery