Compare And Contrast The Three Colonial Regions

The establishment of the “New World” by the English settlers would forever change copious amounts of immigrants from across the world. Even the indigenous people who originally lived in the Americas lives would be altered. Throughout the three colonial regions there were a myriad of events in which they influenced each other, however, there were key differences and similarities in political, economic, social, and religious views. The colonial regions could be established because of some crucial events in England which was the Protestant Reformation; when Martin Luther posted his “95 theses” in 1517, the defeat of the Spanish Armada; which allowed England to shift some focus to expanding, and The Virginia Company receiving a charter from King

Unlike, the middle colonies who settled for farming grains, and the south for profit. The Pilgrims also signed The Mayflower Compact which dictated how the colony would be ruled by majority ruled, which was the closest thing to self-government at the time; for all church going men could vote. At the time with the Puritans settling the New England colonies for their this would be considered the most religiously intolerant regions. The Puritans here were a sect of Calvinism that their views had a broad term for sinner, which means anything from being lazy to practicing another religion, like the Quakers and Baptist did, could ensue, fines, flogging; a public whipping, banishment, or even the death penalty. Compared to the other two colonial region who were more tolerant and open to other religions because of that Roger William was banished by the Puritans so he established Rhode Island in the New England for religious freedom. Also, Rev. Thomas Hooker settled Hartford, what we know as Connecticut in 1635. He wrote the first constitution in the Americas. The government in the New England was mostly set well established than the other

The colonies were referred to as the “Bread Colonies” because of its economic prominence in producing wheats and grains. It had better quality soil than the New England colonies which was rocky and very unfertile. William Penn, who was a Quaker, founded and Philadelphia which means, “City of Brotherly Love.” The Middle colonies were the most religiously tolerant in comparison to the other two regions because the Quakers were populous, and were so accepting of all other culture and religions. In addition, The Middle colonies had the most ethnically diverse with settlers from around all Europe and many other places. Slavery in the middle colonies wasn’t uncommon, though it had more than the New England region, but significantly less than the Sothern Colonies. In comparison the Middle and the South regions shared the same economy, but with different crops. For instance, they were both reliant on agriculture for their economy to