~fishing, shipbuilding ~Appalachian Mts., ~viewed the industry & naval supplies, ~moderate trade & port cities Boston Harbor, hilly village and ~had town New England summers, terrain, rocky soil, church as meetings cold winters jagged coastline ~skilled craftsman, center of life shopkeepers ~villages and cities ~livestock and grain, trading ~Appalachian Mts., ~people had a coastal lowlands variety of ~moderate Mid-Atlantic (harbors & bays, different ~had market towns ~many people were climate lifestyles wide & deep rivers), unskilled & skilled rich farmlands workers or fisherman ~many different religions ~had plantations, ~large mansions, farms/plantations, indentured ~Appalachian Mts., cash crops, wood servants, few Piedmont, Atlantic ~humid South products, small cities and few ~had counties Coastal Plain, good climate farms schools harbors, rivers ~slavery ~Church of England was most popular People's lives were not the same in each of the colonies. In fact, they varied in several different ways. For example: Large Landowners: Artisans: Farmers: * lived mostly in the South *worked as craftsmen in towns * relied on indentured servants and/or *worked the land according to and on the plantation slaves for labor the region *lived in small villages and *were educated in some cases *relied on family members for cities *had rich social culture labor Slaves: *were captured in their native Women: Africa and sold to slave *worked as caretakers, houseworkers, Indentured Servants: traders, then were shipped to homemakers *consisted of men and women the colonies when they were *could not vote who didn't have enough money sold into slavery *had few chances for education for passage to the colonies and *were owned as property for who agreed to work without pay life with no rights
New England ~Appalachian Mts., Boston Harbor, hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline ~moderate summers, cold winters ~fishing, shipbuilding industry & naval supplies, trade & port cities ~skilled craftsman, shopkeepers ~viewed the village and church as center of life ~had town meetings Mid-Atlantic ~Appalachian Mts., coastal lowlands (harbors & bays, wide & deep rivers), rich farmlands ~moderate climate ~livestock and grain, trading ~many people were unskilled & skilled workers or fisherman ~villages and cities ~people had a variety of different lifestyles ~many different religions ~had market towns South ~Appalachian Mts., Piedmont, Atlantic Coastal Plain, good harbors, rivers ~humid climate ~large farms/plantations, cash crops, wood products, small farms ~slavery ~had plantations, mansions, indentured servants, few cities and few schools ~Church of England was most popular ~had counties People's lives were not the same in each of the colonies. In fact, they varied in several different ways. For example: Large Landowners: * lived mostly in the South * relied on indentured servants and/or slaves for labor *were educated in some cases *had rich social culture Farmers: *worked the land according to the region *relied on family members for labor Artisans: *worked as craftsmen in towns and on the plantation *lived in small villages and cities Women: *worked as caretakers, houseworkers, homemakers *could not vote *had few chances for education Indentured Servants: *consisted of men and women who didn't have enough money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay Slaves: *were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders, then were shipped to the colonies when they were sold into slavery *were owned as property for life with no rights