They were called New England, the Middle Colonies and the Southern colonies. These colonies were quite distinctive from each other. ... The colonies of America material culture consisted of food, clothes and their shelter. ... The Southern region also had multiple feasting days. ... The Southern region's shelters varied with one's wealth. ...
The south is still very laid back, with fast food restaurants taking over an hour, and people who talk with slow southern drawls. ... The middle colonies were by far the most diverse colonies during the 1700s. ... Immigrants flocked to the middle colonies. ... The second region was the lower South, the coastal region of the southern colonies, where the people profited from indigo and rice. ... Whereas the Southern people relied on the slaves, the middle colonies made due with just their families. ...
Looking back at the Revolution, we saw the 13 American colonies revolted against their British rulers in 1775. ... In 1783 Great Britain signed a formal treaty recognizing the independence of the colonies. ... The other section was the South--11 Southern states that had seceded (withdrawn) from the Union and formed an independent government called the Confederate States of America. ... A Northern victory would mean ultimate freedom for slaves; a Southern victory would insure the protection of slavery in all Confederate states. ... Both wars were waged in the name of unity, the American...
Either way the Southern people were forced to pay more because of the efforts of Northern businessmen. ... The Southern States were losing political power. Just as the original thirteen colonies fought for their independence almost 100 years earlier, the Southern States felt a growing need for freedom from the central Federal authority in Washington D.C. ... Some Southern States wanted to break away from the United States of America and govern themselves. ... Yet slavery had been a part of the Southern way of life for well over 200 years. ...
From the beginning of the colonies independence form Britain there was an obvious difference between the North and South. ... The controversy over slavery only continues until it amounted to such a dilemma that southern states began to succeed. ...
