SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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They were self-governing.
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They were settled by Puritans.
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They provided financial security.
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THey provided religious freedom.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The colonies were governed by elected magistrates. Formally subject to royal authority, New England settlements were essentially self-governing, and the colonists, not London officials or investors, determined the structure of political institutions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming. The Middle colonies also featured mixed economies, including farming and merchant shipping.
Detailed explanation-3: -Like the states today, each colony was run by a government headed by a governor and a legislature. The thirteen colonies were under a legislature, the British Parliament, [similar to the present Congress] and a King whose powers were not that different from those granted the American President.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Most of the colonies in New England were proprietary colonies, which meant that they were self-governing.
Detailed explanation-5: -Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were all initially established as self-governing colonies.