In the developing stages of what was to become the United States of America there were thirteen colonies. These thirteen colonies were separated into three distinct regions known as the Southern Colonies, the Middle Colonies and lastly the New England Colonies. The Southern Colonies varied from the Middle Colonies, and the New England Colonies in a few ways. One way was its look at religion. Another way was its agriculture greatness. The final reason was for its economy. The following pieces of evidence show how the Southern Colonies were set apart from the rest. .
Religious conviction did not have a big control on the everyday lives of the Southern Colonists. It did, however, play a role in the Middle and New England Colonies. Support of the Puritan religion was the primary function of the New England Colonies. Due to the Puritan's world view their colonies did not have religious freedom. There was, however, more religious freedom in the Middle colonies. There no one church or religion dominated over another. Along with their religious differences the colonial regions also had agricultural differences that set them apart. .
Two of the three regions shared land similarities, but they all differed in how well they produced crops. The Southern Colonies" agriculture was the greatest. They had rich soil, flat ground, and longer growing seasons. The plantations specialized in one or two cash crops. The Middle Colonies had flat land, rich soil, and longer growing seasons as well. They produced corn, vegetables, grain, fruit, and livestock but did not have one main cash crop. New England was on the opposite spectrum. With its poor soil, mountains, cold winters , and shortened growing season agriculture was not productive in this region. These differences in agriculture shaped and defined the economy in the Southern, Middle, and New England Colonies, as well.
The economy of all three colonial regions were worthwhile in their own ways.