SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Dutch
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Africans
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Puritans
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Detailed explanation-1: -Slaves were somewhat more important to the middle colonies than they were to New England. They worked in cities as skilled laborers, such as blacksmiths and carpenters. Other slaves worked on farms, onboard ships, and in the growing shipbuilding industry.
Detailed explanation-2: -The colonies along the eastern coast of North America were formed under different types of charter, but most developed representative democratic governments to rule their territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -The growth of an agricultural economy based on large landholdings in the Southern colonies and in the Caribbean led to the introduction of slavery in the New World. The first Africans were brought against their will to Jamestown in 1619 to work on tobacco plantations.