Similarities And Differences Of The Southern And New England Colonies

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While both of these colonies are very different in style and ethics, they both have very similar parts. There are usually more differences than similarities between Southern and Northern colonies. The colonies have created something new for their own land and society.

First off with similarities, they were both largely colonized by English people. They both had some amount of democratic rule. Both of these regions had established churches.
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First off the English who fled to America wanted religious freedom, but there were some who saw an opportunity to become wealthy. They found a new way to become rich, raising and selling crops.
The New England colonies had less open land than the Southern. The Southern colonies had more open land for farming. They had better soil than the North because soil in the North was more hard and rocky. They were able to raise cash crops such as tobacco. While in the north, the rocky soil was not good enough to farm and raise cash crops. New England colonies depended on more manufacturing to make money. They instead raised livestock such as cows, fished, provided timber and lumber, and hunted for animal fur, which was really valuable. They focused on more industry work as well, such as carpentry and printing.
It’s been under a century when slaves were being transported from Africa to the Americas. The New England colonies had a little amount of slaves working while the Southern heavily relied on slaves working for them, working on farms planting crops.
Having to hire workers wasn’t a major need for New England families. Their families were big enough to complete their work. As a result, slavery was seen as an unnecessary need for the work
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They first settled in during the 17th century in Maryland, in which is was deemed as a safe haven for Catholics. To start off, there is a major agreements and disagreements between the Catholics and Protestants. The Catholics believed in teachings from the Bible and their church, while the Protestants believed in teachings solely from the Bible alone. Catholics also pray and derive forgiveness from the church and God, while Protestants believe salvation lies in the hands of God. The Catholics believed that Jesus was not Jewish at all. They didn’t respect or care about Jews in the slightest. They also believed that they were true followers of

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