Compare And Contrast The New England

Compare and contrast the New England, the Chesapeake/Southern and Middle colonies. The New England region consists of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The Southern region consists of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland. The Middle colonies consist of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyvlania, and Delaware. In the New England Family, the Puritans came in large family units, about 8-20 in each family. They had a long life span, the women aged up to 68 years and the men 70 years. They were helpful. In the Southern family, there was a gender imbalance, men were 6 to 1 woman, that is including the indentured servants. Their lifespan were men: 43 and women: 39. They had low birth rates, meaning 25% of infants died within 1 to 2 years of age and another 25% won’t live to be 20 years old. In the Middle family, they were not that large but similar to the New England families. New England’s religion was Puritan. They believed being a Puritan was a way of life. They were expected to attend services on Sunday from 8 am to 12 pm, then come back 2 pm to 6 pm. It was mandatory for the women to be on one side and men on the other, and young boys up front. They had a meeting place in the center, surrounded by their houses, which had no adornments. The Southern religion was the Church of England or Anglican, but in Maryland it was Catholic. For the Middle religion, Dutch and Penn invited all so religious diversity. William Penn was a Quaker. The New England economy had small family farms work in agriculture. There was a lot of family labor. The agriculture consisted of corn, squash, and beans. Its’ resources were fish, fur and timber. They built ships. The Southern economy had slaves and indentured servants to do most of the agriculture. It consisted of grains, fish, fur, pitch and some rice, cotton and indigo. They did a lot of tobacco trade. The Middle economy had some forced labor but some family labor as well.