Middle Colonies Vs Northern Colonies

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Northern Colonies:
(Included New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island, and Connecticut)
Or known as the New England colonies, these settlements' main goal was more spiritual than the others. People who thought of reformation of the Church of England as incomplete sought to create a place where they could truly worship god. These people were called the Puritans. They believed that America was a way to create new society away from England’s religious ideas.

Southern Colonies:
(Included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia)
Unlike the other colonies, the Southern colonies had great geography for farming cash crops. Usually the most favored out of the 3 settlements, Britain used/abused them for their resources. Out of all the colonies, the south was the first to begin the practice of slave labor to. Indentured servants and slaves became backbones of the Southern Colonies.
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Due to their tolerance of other religions, the Middle Colonies had a wide arrangement of different kinds of people. The Middle Colonies didn’t have any bountiful resources like the Southern/Northern colonies, but they were good at trading. While the south/north sent their resources, the Middle Colonies were able to import/export goods to England.

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