SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Southern
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Chesapeake
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Middle
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New England
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Detailed explanation-1: -Life expectancy is much higher in New England with most men living until the age of 70. Economy: These colonies are heavily forested and not well suited to large scale agriculture, they survived on subsistence farming and trade will become the cornerstone of the economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -In New England, the sex ratio was relatively even, with men outnumbering women three to two in the first generation. But in New Netherlands, there were two men for every one female and the ratio was six to one in the Chesapeake.
Detailed explanation-3: -Compared to other regions, the people of the middle colonies supported religious freedom and tolerance and had a diverse population with settlers arriving from many areas in Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -Men and women, on average, lived about 65 to 70 years, 15 to 20 years longer than in England. One result was that seventeenth-century New England was the first society in history in which grandparents were common.