| Regions | New England | Middle Colonies | Upper South | Lower South |
| Colonies | NH, MA, RI, CT | NY, NJ, PA | MD, VA | SC, GA |
| Resources and Economy |
ship building, shipping, fish food import for towns labor: family, apprenticeship, slaves (unskilled) decline, debt, smuggling by Rev. |
grains, livestock, ship building,
shipping food export labor: tenants, apprenticeship, slaves (unskilled) |
tobacco food export labor: slaves (skilled & unskilled) decline, debt by Rev. |
rice, corn, open-range livestock food export labor: slaves (skilled & unskilled) in lowcountry; family in upcountry |
| Society and Government |
port towns and rural townships class: master- apprentice, master-slave law & gender: grounds for divorce expand race: segregation |
Appalachian Mt. "hillbillies;"
rural except Philly, NYC class: master- apprentice, master-slave, lord-tenant law & gender: similarities of NY to Upper South and Penn. to New England race: segregation |
rural class: master-slave law & gender: separate estates race: slave communities; |
rural except Charleston, Savannah;
division between lowcountry & upcountry--regulators class: master-slave law & gender: mistress & adultery, separate estates race: multi-tiered society developing |
| Ethnicity and Migration |
Forced: Africans Migration out of the region Loyalist migration |
Forced: Africans Germans, Scotch-Irish Iroquois Loyalist migration Late: migration to Canada |
Forced: Africans Scotch-Irish Loyalist migration |
Forced: Africans Scotch-Irish Loyalist migration |
| Colonist- Indian Relations |
Iroquois drive out Delaware
& Penn. Quaker toleration ends Post-1763 Decline of Iroquois |
Cherokees drive out Yamasees
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