For over 169 years, the Americas have been under British rule. Over time things began to change, such as, economy, values, social structure, and religion. The changes in religion are what caused The Great Awakening. By the eighteenth century, colonists transformed European ways and made them into something distinctly American. There were two variants of agricultural emerged. The Northern Colonies were small, the population, mostly made up of farmers and artisans. New Englanders had mixed farming, forests for timber, and fished mostly for slaves to eat. The Middle Colonies produced corn, wheat, beef, and pork. In the Southern Colonies, they produced tobacco, rice, indigo, and timber. Southern plantations were commonly overdrawn. Only 40%
