South vs. New England

The southern colonies were originally colonized for monetary reasons and thus their culture developed around the importance of the plantations or farms, while the New England colonies which were originally colonized for religious belifes were more focused on surviving then on monitary gain. In the southern colonies such as Virginia, North Carolina South Carolina and Gorgia the most important aspect of life were the farms and the plantations. Crops such as tabacoo which were relativly easy to grow but in high demand had been focal points of the south since the original colinizers. The plantation owners from colonies like Virgina and North carolina, were at the top of the hierarchal structer of the south. Bellow the large plantation owners were the smaller farmers more likely to live in South Carolina or Gorgia and bellow them were of course the slaves whose polulation only grew as time went on and plantations got larger. Due to the large plantations people were spread out for miles and thus central towns and public insttutions were slow the develope. All of this is in stark cotrast with the New England Colonies. In these colonies the most important aspect of life was religion. While in colonies like Massachusests Bay and Plymoth the defining charecteristic was the exclusive puritian comunity; it is religious freedom that defined colonies like Rhode Island. In the puritan colonies the hierarchy is reliant on who is belived to be a member of the elite. Also due to the harsh weather and rocky soil farms were small allowing for the creation of towns and public institutions. These towns were crucial to the colonies were education, family and god were the most important things. While the priorites and motivation of the south and the New English colonies were compleatly different colinizers in both the north and the south had to work extreamly hard to survive and eventualy prosper in America.