It is no surprise that the British colonies thrived and prospered after migrating to the American Continents. All throughout history, geography has played an eminent role in determining the success in several developing nations. In the duration of the 17th and 18th centuries, it is an irrefutable argument that geography was the preeminent factor in agriculture, trade, and settler expansion in the British colonies in North America.
When the colonists first arrived on the North American Continent in 1607, they established themselves in what they named Jamestown, the first official English settlement in Virginia. Virginia became a province in what was known as the Southern Colonies, along with Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Just north of these lied the Middle Colonies, which included Pennsylvania, …show more content…
Because of this, these provinces had to depend on the ocean, more specifically the Triangle Trade, for their economic profits. Their poor geographical location led to the buying and trading of slaves from Africa to the West Indies, which basically kick-started slavery in the future developing nation. The New England colonies depended on harbors, fishermen, and shipbuilding to boost their economy, as well as logging. Even though they participated in the Triangle Trade, farmers relied on their families to work the farms and population in the New England Colonies grew very slowly, therefore slavery never took hold in the geographical region. The Massachusetts Bay Company, formed in 1629, not only was a business venture, but a refuge for immigrants,specifically Puritans, from “The Great Migration.” The New England colonies were based off of a Puritan community, who wanted to separate themselves from the corrupt Anglican church in their former geographical
When the colonists first arrived on the North American Continent in 1607, they established themselves in what they named Jamestown, the first official English settlement in Virginia. Virginia became a province in what was known as the Southern Colonies, along with Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Just north of these lied the Middle Colonies, which included Pennsylvania, …show more content…
Because of this, these provinces had to depend on the ocean, more specifically the Triangle Trade, for their economic profits. Their poor geographical location led to the buying and trading of slaves from Africa to the West Indies, which basically kick-started slavery in the future developing nation. The New England colonies depended on harbors, fishermen, and shipbuilding to boost their economy, as well as logging. Even though they participated in the Triangle Trade, farmers relied on their families to work the farms and population in the New England Colonies grew very slowly, therefore slavery never took hold in the geographical region. The Massachusetts Bay Company, formed in 1629, not only was a business venture, but a refuge for immigrants,specifically Puritans, from “The Great Migration.” The New England colonies were based off of a Puritan community, who wanted to separate themselves from the corrupt Anglican church in their former geographical