Colonial Regions

What were the major industries that made the New England Colonies prosperous?

Shipbuilding, fishing, whaling, and trade

What two groups settled in the New England Colonies to escape religious persecution in England?

The Pilgrims and the Puritans

What did it mean to have a diverse population in the Middle Colonies?

To have a variety of racial and cultural groups

Why did the Southern colonies have an economy based on agriculture/farming?

Year round growing season and fertle, flat soil

What were the major industries that made the New England Colonies prosperous?

Shipbuilding and fishing

The Southern colonial region's geographical features made its economy develop differently from those of the New England and Middle regions because...?

...the Southern colonies economic opportunities were based on the plantation system which resulted in profits from cash crops.

New England Colonies

Had the Pilgrims and Puritans living there. Economy was based on fishing and shipbuilding

Middle Colonies

Had excellent harbours, a diverse population, and gre grain (breadbasket colonies)

Southern Colonies

longest growing season, the most slaves, and produced cash crops like tobacco and cotton