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Many historians have argued the political and cultural differences between the New England, the Middle, and the Southern Colonies were economically motivated rather than ideologically motivated.The New England colonies were formed mainly for religious and political freedom. Like the New England colonies, the Middle Colonies were more ideologically motivated than economically motivated since the people there were looking for toleration. In the southern colonies, unlike the New England and the Middle colonies, they were economically motivated as there were mostly plains with warmer climate and rich fertile which are the perfect conditions to start plantation life.

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