 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire  Puritan religion dominated the New England life, emphasizing hard work and modest living  Farms were small, more people lived in towns  Shipbuilding was an important industry

 Connecticut  Founded in 1635 by Thomas Hooker  Massachusetts  Founded in 1620 by Puritans  New Hampshire  Founded in 1623 by John Wheelwright  Rhode Island  Founded in 1636 by Roger Williams

 New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware  Originally settled by the Dutch  Suited to agriculture = farmers  Abundant natural resources  Sawmills, mines and ironworks

 New York  Originally settled by Dutch  Given to the Duke of York, a proprietary colony in 1664  New Jersey  Founded in 1664 by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret  Delaware  Founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company  Pennsylvania  Founded in 1682 by William Penn  Penn saw it as a place to put his Quaker ideals and religious toleration

 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia  Fertile soil= tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo corn, vegetables, grain, fruit and livestock  Triangular Trade, the south had the largest number of slaves that worked on plantations  Anglicans and Baptists

 Virginia  Founded in 1607 by the London Company  Largest crop was tobacco  Maryland  Founded in 1634 by Cecil Calvert or Lord Baltimore  Tobacco  North Carolina  Founded in 1653 by Virginians  Tobacco  South Carolina  Founded in 1663 by Royal Charter  Rice and indigo  Harbor in Charleston led to immense trade

 Last American Colony to be founded in 1732 by James Edward Oglethorpe  A place for English debtors and poor people could make a fresh start (usually debtors were thrown in jail)  Main crop was rice and indigo  Military barrier