SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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the Middle Atlantic region
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the South
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the Upper Mississippi River Valley
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New England
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Detailed explanation-1: -The climate of the South was ideally suited to the cultivation of cash crops. Unlike small, subsistence farms, plantations were created to grow cash crops for sale on the market. The plantation system was an early capitalist venture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Climate: The climate in the southern colonies was the warmest of the three regions and boasted the longest growing season.
Detailed explanation-3: -They were founded for a diverse range of reasons, from the pursuit of fortunes to the desire to create havens from persecution and model societies, and had differing systems of governance. The colonies’ inhabitants-an estimated 2.5 million when the Revolution began-varied greatly as well.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the early 1600s, the British king began establishing colonies in America. By the 1700s, most of the settlements had formed into 13 British colonies: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.