Comparing Colonies in the Sections on Major Traits from 1607 to 1750

MD—Maryland—is listed only in the South because the trends covered in Chapter 3 are like the South.

 

Trend

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI)

Middle Colonies (DE, NY, NJ, PA)

South (GA, MD, NC, SC, VA)

Demographics, including population growth, health, differences between men and women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economy - infrastructure  such as cities and ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Migration into the Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economy between colonial sections and with Britain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Order and laws—and violence if used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knowledge, including newspapers and the Enlightenment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religion and the Great Awakening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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