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New England and Southern colonies

During the seventeenth century, Europeans established colonies in North America. The English colonies were originally established because the proprietors from England were granted charters to govern lands. Other European colonies were established around trading posts. Over time, the English gained control of the thirteen colonies through force or purchase; eventually, the regions were known as the Southern, Middle, and New England Colonies. Although both New England and Southern colonies share several commonalities, they differ in how they treat women, Africans, their religion, and their government.

Both colonial sections have unique ways of how they treat Africans. New England had very few slaves considering the infertile soil and cool climate. Most Africans could own their own property, and were educated in things like craftswork and skill. Though they didn’t have many slaves, there were a lot of indentured servants in New England. They needed people to take care of housework as well. In the South, there were many slaves to handle all of the plantations they had. They also had very little, if any, education in the South.

Though New England and Southern colonies seem to treat women very differently, they’re actually quite similar. They both had more rights than they would if they had stayed in England. In both colonies the women knew how to take care of the sick and practiced medicine. Although this is true, in the New England colonies, widows can own properties, while in the Southern colonies they need a man to have property. Besides religion, the treating of women is one of the biggest similarities the colonies have.

Both colonies differ tremendously in their government. In the New England colonies, they were mostly self governed. They had town meetings, where people could speak out and state their own opinions. These people could also vote for who would represent them. In the South, counties were basic unit. They had sheriffs and a justice of the peace. All of the colonies started out as royal colonies, but New England colonies began to form charter government.

The government in the colonies was based off of religion. In the New England colonies, they had more religious freedom. Excluding the Quakers, most forms of Christianity were accepted.Puritans and Pilgrims migrated to New England. There, the children were given a good education in order to be able to read the bible. In the Southern colonies, most of them were Catholic. The people of the churches were the ones who had control over the government. People in the north were trying to get away from English religions, yet the south was embracing them.

The New England and Southern colonies may seem similar on the surface, but differences in their political standpoint, the rights and uses of Africans, and the roles of women make each place unique. Similarities include having slaves, women practicing medicine, and being a royal government at one point. Albeit, there are differences too, such as Africans having no education in the South, women being able to do more in New England, and how New England started off as a royal government, as did the South, but later became a royal charter. The government and religion were quite similar, as the religious people were the ones who took care of most things political, but they did have more religious freedom in New England than in the South.In conclusion, though the colonies came from the same roots, they began to differ over time.

List of sources used:

The Southern Colonies [http://www.ushistory.org/us/5.asp]

Southern Colonies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Colonies

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