SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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the Middle Colonies
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the New England Colonies
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the Southern Colonies
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Colonies included Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey. The geography of this region featured a warmer climate with fertile soil, flat land, easily-navigable rivers, and wide valleys making it perfect for farming and growing crops. Wealthy farmers grew cash crops and raised livestock.
Detailed explanation-2: -The long growing season and warm, damp climate of the Southern Colonies made the region perfect for growing tobacco and rice. Many southern planters became very wealthy exporting these cash crops to other colonies and countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Southern colonies were noted for plantations, or large farms, and for the use of slaves to work on them. The English were the first Europeans to settle the Southern colonies. In 1606 an expedition of colonists sailed from England to the New World.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.