The Middle Colonies was considered the breadbasket of the Thirteen Colonies. Thus, ironically, New England felt the most resentment to English colonial rule. This created a further divide between the Puritans and the Church of England, and eventually England as an entity. Despite the radical nature of political discourse within the urban port areas, the region was defined by its strong adherence to the Puritan religion and its values. The large marketplace of ideas and goods became centralized in the Boston area, which led to the publication of The Boston News-Letter, the first weekly newspaper, in 1704. Due to the urban nature of life in this region, local politics played a large role in the life of the colonists, as town halls were pioneered as policy tools which later played a larger role during the American Revolution. A male colonist had the ability to farm for individual substance rather than large scale commercial agriculture due to the poor soil, work in a warehouse, build ships, fish or go whaling, enter the fur trade, collect maple products, or brew beer or other alcoholic beverages. As a result, these colonists had trades useful to the import and export of goods in addition to other local trades. The average colonist most likely centered their life around the city of Boston, as the port was the largest in the area and contained the largest number of merchant vessels throughout the colonies. The Massachusetts Colony was the most populous of these New England Colonies, which resulted in life being focused on industry, seaborn trade, and sprawling urban life. Eventually, the settlers of Massachusetts began to spread out to neighboring lands, which established colonies in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. What began as a small Puritan settlement in Plymouth, now became a large collection of colonies that formed a larger colony that was recognized as one of the Thirteen Colonies by the British Crown by name of “Massachusetts”. The New England Colonies were formed by the joining of various Massachusetts colonies with other colonies in the region. The three regions were recognized as the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Once organized into Thirteen Colonies to be ruled by the British Empire, the colonists settled into a mercantile economy that separated the colonies into three distinct regions which contained religions and exports unique to each area. Thus, early colonists consisted of a mixture of diverse ethnic, religious, linguistic, and racial groups.
Most colonial settlers after this period of consolidation arrived in the Thirteen Colonies from Britain. Eventually, whether through warfare or diplomacy, the French, British, and Spanish Empires became the owners of land in the current United States. Furthermore, the Swedish Empire had holdings in America as well, which formed a large ethnic Swedish and Finnish settlement along the Delaware River and into parts of current New Jersey. Additionally, Dutch colonists settled in the areas of the Hudson River Valley and the modern-day New York City, which was named "New Amsterdam" by the settlers. When North America was first discovered, almost every imperial European power began to settle this New World. Initially, British settlers arrived in the regions of New England, the Chesapeake area, and what is now considered the South, while French holdings included areas west of the Mississippi River such as Louisiana, Illinois, and much of Canada, with the Spanish taking hold of Florida, Texas, and much of the Caribbean. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Help Tell African American Stories of Valor.Help Protect 407 Acres Across Four Sacred Battlefields.Save 150 Endangered Acres at Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor.Virtual Tours View All See Antietam now!.National Teacher Institute July 21 - 24, 2022 Learn More.USS Constitution In 4 Minutes Watch Video.Liberty Trail Explore the Southern Campaigns Learn more.African Americans During the Revolutionary War.The First American President: Setting the Precedent.
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