Compare And Contrast The Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies, that joined together to become the United States of America were part of the first British Empire. Each colony was founded by different people and for different reasons. The main reason was the opportunity to make money to bring together valuable natural resources and selling them to England in exchange for goods that were difficult to get in the New World. Other colonies were set up by the Protestants who wanted to avoid the religious they experienced in Britain, and also because they wanted to avoid the requried tithe payments to the Church of England. If they lived in England, they had to pay whether they were members or not, because it was the official established church. The colonies were not without their own religious persecution, however the Massachusetts …show more content…
There were a lot of differences between the 3 colonies. Economic activities were dependant of the environment in which the Colonists lived . The geography and climate and other important factors in the Thirteen Colonies impacted the economic activities of each of the 3 colonies. of the Thirteen Colonies - the Northern Colonies of New England concentrated in manufacture focussing on town life and industries such as ship building and the manufacture and export of rum. The Southern Colonies focused on agriculture and developed the Slave Plantations by bringing tobacco, cotton, indigo, rice, sugar, corn, vegetables, grain, fruit and livestock. The Middle Colonies also brought agricultural products and natural resources but were also able to manufacture iron are products like plows, tools, kettles, nails and large blocks of iron which they exported to England. In the early years of what later became the United States, Christian religious groups played a good role in each of the British colonies, and most tried to enforce strict religious observance through both colony governments and local town