comparing New England and Middle colonies
Hello Professor and class,
I chose to compare New England and Middle colonies. When comparing New England and Middle colonies, their trade and economic activities depended mainly on the location. In New England, the climate and geography favored activities like ship construction, fishing, and whaling. Wheat is a crop that did not do well in New England because of the poor soil, although crops like beans, squash, corn, pumpkin, and rye were grown (“New England Colonies,” n.d.). The middle colonies comprised of locations like Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey. The Middle Colonies had a mixed aspect of both Southern and New England colonies. The main similarity between New England and Middle colonies is both utilized self-government forms, and they had huge plantations. The difference between the two colonies is that unlike New England, the Middle colonies soils were fertile, and this allowed farming of different crops to prosper. The rich forests enticed the ship construction and lumbering industries to the middle colonies (“Settling the Middle Colonies | Boundless US History,” n.d).
The New England colonies were shaped in the last ice era by the glaciers. The lands were filled with mountains, forests, and hills, which made it hard to have farm areas. The New England colonies were founded to run away from religious harassment in England. In contrast, the Middle colonies such as New York, New Jersey, and Delaware were instituted as trade centers, while Pennsylvania was established as a safe port for the Quakers.
The New England original settlers were the Puritans and Pilgrim, and they only practiced Puritan. On the other hand, the middle colonies had religious freedom since they were not dominated by a single spiritual entity. Catholics, Jews, Lutherans, Quakers, and other religions existed. William Penn, who founded Pennsylvania, permitted colonists to introduce the different faiths (OpenStax, 2019).