1. Socio-Economic Breakdown
Colonial Regions
Socio-Economic Breakdown

2. New England Goods Families worked farms Raised livestock & Corn
Minimal slavery/servitude
Raised livestock & Corn
Fishing (Cod), Furs, Lumber
Skilled shipbuilders
Tight-Knit communities
Traded within
MA, NH, CT, RI

4. Middle Colonial Goods Farming Trade Labor PA, NJ, NY, DE
Pigs, horses, cows, sheep
Wheat, rye, oats, barley, & corn
‘Breadbasket’
Fruit
Trade
Fur trade
Waterways abundant
Labor
PA minimal slavery
PA, NJ, NY, DE

7. Southern Colonies MD, VA, Carolinas, GA TOBACCO
Rice, indigo, ship supplies
Heavy labor trade
Indentured servants
Slaves
Male dominated society
6-1 ratio

9. Religious/Leader Breakdown
PA – Quakers – William Penn
MA, CT – Puritans – John Winthrop
MD – Catholic – Lord Baltimore
NY – Mixed –
RI – Separatist – Roger Williams
Southern colonies - Anglican

10. Life in the Colonies Quaker male Avg. Life 67
Chesapeake area: Women:39 Male: 45
Children: 45 percent dead by 21
New England: 4:1 male/female ratio