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Comparing Regional Cultures

Comparing Regional Cultures. Chapter 3 section 3. New England. Cold winters Short growing season Rugged landscape Most New Englanders worked small farms Grew wheat, rye, corn and potatoes New Englanders exported lumber, and fish (Cod) Principle sea port was Boston. Middle Colonies.

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Comparing Regional Cultures

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  1. Comparing Regional Cultures Chapter 3 section 3

  2. New England • Cold winters • Short growing season • Rugged landscape • Most New Englanders worked small farms • Grew wheat, rye, corn and potatoes • New Englanders exported lumber, and fish (Cod) • Principle sea port was Boston

  3. Middle Colonies • Family Farms (more prosperous than NE) • Produced more and better wheat • Philadelphia and NY became two great seaports

  4. The South • Long growing season, warmer climate • Raised tobacco • N.C. produced cattle and lumber • S.C. and Georgia produced rice • Charleston S.C. was the region’s largest port

  5. Is there a difference in culture based on where you’re from today?

  6. Regional social patterns • New England and the middle colonies, there were few African Americans • South, they were the majority of the population • Most immigrants to the South were poor, young, single men. • Most immigrants to New England were usually middle-class who immigrated as families

  7. Social patterns cont… • European immigrants seemed to favor the middle colonies • Middle colonies became very diverse • NE was a healthier place, free of Malaria and dysentery • People in NE were expected to live about 70 years, it was also had the biggest population

  8. Women in the Colonies • Few opportunities for women • Dependent on men • Men held all the power • Ran the household • Could not: • own property • Vote • Run for public office • Serve on a jury

  9. Education • More available in NE • Outside NE, some families taught their children to read

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