SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Strict / Rigid / Least Tolerant
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Based on slavery and land ownership
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Flexible social structure
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the English colonies there were six social classes. From the richest to the poorest, these were the gentry, the middle Class, poor whites, indentured servants, free africans and slaves. The people that made up these classes ranged from the most powerful to those with the least amount of rights, if any.
Detailed explanation-2: -It has long been understood that the prime motive for the founding of the New England colonies was religious freedom. Certainly what those early colonists wanted was the freedom to worship God as they deemed proper, but they did not extend that freedom to everyone.
Detailed explanation-3: -The New England Colonies’ geographical features were coastal plains, rolling inland hills, and large forested areas, with the Frontier on the western periphery. There was rocky soil in the region and their climate of shorter summers and longer winters made it more challenging to farm.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ethnically, the Middle Colonies were more diverse than the other British colonial regions in North America and tended to be more socially tolerant.