North vs South

The Northern and Southern colonies were both centrally supported by different economical and social issues, the South mainly focused on the development of trade through the use of tobacco, as the North developed through the creation of a strong religious base and interaction with colonials abroad. The Southern colonies, such as Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, and North Carolina were considered the poorer colonies. These colonies centralized on the production of cash crops which were dominated by tobacco. Though these colonies were far from the native England, they were restricted to the matters of their foreign governing authority. States such as Georgia were intended for all English residents that had unpaid debts. Other states such as Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, were all limited to the Anglican religion. The one religiously free colony was Maryland, who was founded by Lord Baltimore after he attempted to avoid religious prosecution by traveling north. They were not intended to become developed colonies, but instead a buffer zone between Spain and England. On the contrary, the Northern colonies were much more developed. The North centralized more on diverse trade, which allowed for the development of skilled trades. Fur trading itself became the basis of some of the far northern colonies such as Maine. The colonies were also religiously diverse, as compared to the southern Anglican Church. Here, there were Separists, Puritans, as well as states with no religious restrictions such as New York. In the North, each type of person was able to become successful as opposed to the South's English basis.