Regions
This region was known for having long, hot summers and mild winters. The geography and climate made it perfect for raising cash crops all year long.
Southern
This colony, famous for its mysterious disappearance, still is one of the greatest challenges historians face. It served as a warning for later English colonists on the dangers, and risks, of settling in the New World
Roanoke
Ultimately, the 13 colonies that eventually became America were loyal to which European power
England
Originally, Africans were brought in under these conditions. This class of people would sign work contracts (normally of 5-7 years) where they would work on a plantation for a certain period of time and then be granted freedom (and often land). Even after slavery was defined on racial lines, whites often came into the colonies this way.
Indentured Servitude
Native Americans often traded animal fur for these goods
This region was known as the "breadbasket" of the colonies. The mild summers and winters, along with fertile soil, made it perfect for growing staple crops that were needed to survive.
Middle Colonies
Jamestown nearly collapsed during this time period. The colony went from having nearly 400 people down to roughly 60 over nearly a year long period where they had failed to store enough food and nearly were wiped out during a harsh winter
Starving Time
Salutary Neglect
Slave laws were often designed along these lines. The goal was to create a class of people who were, essentially, born in permanent, generational slavery. It also helped reinforce the idea that Europeans were superior to Africans and rally even poor, non-slave owners against the slaves
Racial lines
With an influx of iron tools, some Native tribes, like the Iroquois, became more violent with other tribes, seeking to control more of what trade?
Animal furs
This colony had rocky soil and harsh, long winters which made farming very difficult. Small scale farms were used for people to survive, but their trade focused on the ocean for resources.
New England
After the Starving Time, Jamestown was saved by the cultivation of this plant. By proving they could raise a profit, the Virginia Company (their founders) began to pour more resources into the colony and poor young men in England decided they would come to the colony to try and gain a fortune.
Tobacco
This document, from 1215, established in England the idea that all people, including the King, should be subject to laws. It established a legal basis for local governments to make decisions to help their people and, eventually, the idea of elected representatives in English government
Magna Carta
Slave laws often resorted to this form of punishment. It was painful and humiliating for the slave and often left horrendous scars.
Lashes (whipping)
Despite their reliance on Europeans for trade, Natives often regarded the Europeans as suspicion, largely because they had different views on this thing
Land ownership
This region was dominated by religious fanaticism, with groups, such as the Pilgrims, strictly controlling who could and couldn't live in colony and there being little separation between church and government
New England
Regardless of their plans, this group of people served as the primary trade/business partners for the European colonists. While the relations were sometimes violent, it was essential for a colony to have good relations with these people if they wanted to survive
Native Americans
Rhode Island was the first colony to officially embrace this policy, an essential right now in America. The policy was designed to stop civil wars which had been plaguing England for centuries.
Religious Freedom
Slaves often used this to communicate hidden information (such as how to escape) or that there was a future outside of slavery. Slave owners were often unaware of the hidden message, assuming these were just worship
Music
The French and Indian War, part of the Seven Years War, was triggered because of England and France's desire to control this trade good in the New World
Due to the high demand of labor for plantations, and this region being dominated by plantations, this region became a hot bed for the slave trade and slavery in general. Society was split between wealth slave owners, poor whites who worked for the slave owners, and the slaves themselves.
Southern Colonies
Because of the distance between the colonies and England, as well as England's policy of salutary neglect, colonies had to develop this kind of system in order to survive. These were essential to maintaining harmony and peace inside the colonies proper.
Reliable government
The House of Burgess is a famous example of this type of government in Virginia; however, many colonies had similar systems. These systems allow people to elect representatives who then go and vote on laws. It is the basis of the American government today
Representative government
These people sought to eliminate slavery in the colonies. While they were not successful, even after the American Revolution, their thoughts and efforts carried forward.
Abolitionists
This was the greatest legacy of the French and Indian War in the Americas. It set the stage for the eventual American Revolution and began to sour Colonial and English relations.
England's massive debt.