USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?
A
People with specific skills settled in each area
B
The regions had different geographies and resources.
C
The people all had different reasons for settling in North America.
D
The leaders of the colonies decided how the people would earn a living.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -People in the three regions adapted different ways of life because the regions were quite diverse economically, socially, and politically. Each region had different geography, climate, resources, governments, social lives, cultures, religious beliefs, varying levels of freedom, as well as economic opportunities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Economically, the New England colonies did not have trade as their primary focused, but still were involved in the processes of fishing, lumbering, and trapping, the Middle colonies found their wealth in lumbering and shipbuilding; the Southern colonies sought to grow and trade cash crops for wealth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The south was much less family-oriented than the New England colonies. Since most of the people of the south didn’t come to the new world as a family, life was not family centered. The women were expected to marry young and have many children, just as it was expected in the New England colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -In contrast to the South where the cash crop plantation system dominated, and New England whose rocky soil made large-scale agriculture difficult, The middle colonies were fertile. Land was generally acquired more easily than in New England or in the plantation South.

Detailed explanation-5: -The New England colonies were founded to escape religious persecution in England. The Middle colonies, like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, were founded as trade centers, while Pennsylvania was founded as a safe haven for Quakers.

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