Three Colonial Regions
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Objective
I can compare and contrast the economic, social, and geographic characteristics of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
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Practice
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Describe the primary motivation for the settlement of Jamestown and how it differed from the primary motivation for the settlement of the New England colonies.
Explain the role of tobacco in the Chesapeake colonies and sugarcane in the British West Indies/Southern Atlantic Coast colonies. How did these crops shape the labor systems in these regions?
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“Describe one major difference between the economic activities in the New England colonies and the Southern colonies. What was one key social difference between the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies? ”
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