Early Colonial Regions Chart
| Regions | New England | Middle Colonies | Upper South | Lower South |
| Colonies | NH, MA, RI, CT | NY, NJ, PA | MD, VA | SC |
| Resources and Economy |
ship building, shipping, fish food import for towns family labor |
grains, livestock, ship building,
shipping food export labor: indentured servants, tenants |
tobacco food export labor: indentured servants |
rice food export, supplement to rice partial food import labor: slaves |
| Society and Government |
port towns and rural townships established Congregational church, community consensus, except toleration in RI law & gender: divorce |
rural except Philly, NYC class: master-servant, lord-tenant Quaker toleration law & gender: similarities of NY to Upper South and Penn. to New England |
rural class: master-servant law & gender: dower |
rural except Charleston class: master-slave race: work camps, mistresses law & gender: adultery, dower |
| Ethnicity and Migration |
English families | Dutch already in NY German, English singles, except Quaker families Iroquois, Delaware |
English singles | English males via West Indies, English
females Forced: Africans |
| Colonist- Indian Relations |
War, some reservations, except temporary toleration in RI | NY trade with Iroquois Penn. Quaker toleration |
War, some reservations | Alliance with Yamasees Indian slave trade |