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Virginia
economy: based on tobacco
social:plantations, slavery
Political:Lord De La War, John Rolfe, House of burgesses -
Massachusetts
Economy: Fishing and Hunting
Social: Extended families, everyone in the same social class, Puritan religion dominant
Political: Puritans control the colony<representative government -
New Hampshire
absorbed by Massachusetts 1641-1679 -
Maryland
Economy: tobacco
Social: Catholic is main religion came with promise of land,slavery, settled roman catholics,
Political: Lord Baltimore, Fuedal domaine -
Connecticut
Economy: seaports
Social: emigrants from Massachusetts, Dutch, and English, Puritain
Political: self government under local contol, want close church and state, fundamental orders -
Rhode Island
Economy: slave trade with west indies
Social: complete religious freedom, social outcasts, "sewer"
Political: Most liberal colony, Roger Williams.