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