Focus Assignment #1 Apush
Keaton Haluza, Andrew Shapiro, & Aaron Hernandez
APUSH: Period 5
Mr. Lewis
| |New England (Massachusetts, Connecticut,|The Middle Colonies (New York, |Plantation Colonies (Maryland, Virginia,|
| |Rhode Island & New Hampshire). |Pennsylvania, Delaware & New Jersey). |North and South Carolina, & Georgia). |
|The degree of self-government and who | |It had town halls where colonists could |Mainly rich planters, lawyers, and |
|was allowed to participate. | |speak up and governors, as all the |business owners were the only ones who |
| | |colonists had to some degree. Most |could vote. Men who didn't own land, |
| | |people could participate in government, |women, and slaves couldn't vote. |
| | |except Jews and Catholics. Wasn’t as | |
| | |hierarchical as the Southern Colonies. | |
|Economic base. | |Plenty of land to grow crops in the |The economy depended on cash crops such |
| | |Middle Colonies, primarily for growing |as tobacco, rice, and indigo. |
| | |grains and forests for logging and to | |
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APUSH: Period 5
Mr. Lewis
| |New England (Massachusetts, Connecticut,|The Middle Colonies (New York, |Plantation Colonies (Maryland, Virginia,|
| |Rhode Island & New Hampshire). |Pennsylvania, Delaware & New Jersey). |North and South Carolina, & Georgia). |
|The degree of self-government and who | |It had town halls where colonists could |Mainly rich planters, lawyers, and |
|was allowed to participate. | |speak up and governors, as all the |business owners were the only ones who |
| | |colonists had to some degree. Most |could vote. Men who didn't own land, |
| | |people could participate in government, |women, and slaves couldn't vote. |
| | |except Jews and Catholics. Wasn’t as | |
| | |hierarchical as the Southern Colonies. | |
|Economic base. | |Plenty of land to grow crops in the |The economy depended on cash crops such |
| | |Middle Colonies, primarily for growing |as tobacco, rice, and indigo. |
| | |grains and forests for logging and to | |
| |