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Virginia
Social: Protestant beliefs.
Political: The charter for Virginia promised the colonists the same rights as Englishmen. No established government.
Econimic: Made a profit on tobacco growth. -
New Hampshire
Absorbed by Massachusetts. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Social: Composed of both Seperatists and Puritans; male-dominated. Had an established church.
Political: Started crude government under The Mayflower Compact.
Economic: Fur trading, fishing, and ship building. -
Maryland
Social: Tolerated Catholics; acted as a refuge for them.
Political: Controlled Lord Baltimore.
Economic: Propered with tobacco; indentured slavery. -
Connecticut
Social: Consisted of Boston Puritans.
Political: Established the Fundamental Orders
Economic: Trade similar to Massachusetts. -
Rhode Island
Social: Full of "outcasts"; it was very religiously tolerant.
Political: Controlled by Roger WIlliams. -
Deleware
Social: Religious tolerance; inhabited by Sweden.
Political: Democratic.
Economic: Exported grain. -
North Carolina
Social:
Political: Lords Proprieters sent out to create the Carolinas; seperated from South Carolina.
Economic: Closely tied with West Indies sugar trade.