Colonial Regions Characteristics

Group 2

Source 2.1

• The New England colonies supported financial growth through high-paying industrial work.

• The Southern colonies supported the plantation production of cash crops because of long growing seasons.

• The Southern colonies developed large urban centers in order to support increasing manufacturing businesses.

• The New England colonies developed large rural populations in order to support increasing agricultural production.

Source 2b.1

• (1) To gain religious freedom (2) To provide military defense

• (1) To increase business profits (2) To escape religious persecution

• (1) To provide military defense (2) To help benefit the poor

• (1) To increase business profits (2) To provide a place for criminals

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

• Thick forests

• Navigable rivers

• Flat land with rocky soil

• Mild climate

Source 2e.1

• (1) Used slave labor (2) Used Chinese laborers

• (1) Exported dried fish (2) Exported agricultural goods

• (1) Established plantations (2) Established textile factories

• (1) Imported lumber (2) Imported cattle