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Colonial Regions
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objective | area |
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fishing and shipbuilding were important | New England |
Wheat was a major cash crop | Middle |
triangular trade was important | New England |
many nationalities lived here/culturally diverse | Middle |
local government meant town meetings | New England |
church-supported schools | Middle |
major religion = Puritan | New England |
farms/estates were large with indentured servants | Middle |
slaves worked the large plantations | Southern |
rice, tobacco, and indigo were the cash crops | Southern |
private tutors were hired to teach the children | Southern |
soil was rocky and and subsistence farming was typical | New England |
1st public schools were built in this region | New England |
major religion = Anglican | Southern |