The document outlines the three regions of colonies in British North America: the New England colonies which relied heavily on fishing and whaling industries, the Middle colonies which were religiously and ethnically diverse with fertile soil for farming wheat, and the Southern colonies focused on agriculture and cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.

1. COLONIES
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2. NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
Colonies:
● Massachusetts
● Connecticut
● Rhode Island
● Providence Plantations
● Province of New Hampshire

3. ● They were heavily
involved in trade.
● The fishing industry
boomed within the
New England
colonies.
● Whaling became a
major occupation.

4. MIDDLE COLONIES
Colonies:
● New York
● New Jersey
● Delaware
● Pennsylvania

5. ● The Middle Colonies were very
diverse. Catholics, English, and
enslaved Africans shared the land.
Most colonists were farmers but
wealthy people worked in the city.
● Colonists settled in the Middle
Colonies because of the fertile
soil, religious freedom, and
equality for all.
● The Middle Colonies were called
the “breadbasket” colonies
because they were known for
growing wheat.

6. SOUTHERN COLONIES
Colonies:
● Maryland
● Virginia
● North Carolina
● South Carolina
● Georgia

7. ● The Southern Colonies
had the right climate for
growing plants. They were
well known for agriculture.
● Maryland and Virginia’s
cash crop was tobacco.
● South Carolina and
Georgia’s cash crops were
rice and indigo.
● North Carolina’s cash crop
was pine forests.