New England Colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Founded for religious freedom . Puritan separatists seeking a "godly" community, Economy: subsistence farming, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade, Government: town meetings as direct democracy; Mayflower Compact (1620), Strong sense of community and religious covenant, Middle Colonies, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Most ethnically and religiously diverse region in colonial America, Economy: fertile farmland earned the nickname "breadbasket colonies", thriving port cities (Philadelphia, New York), Known for religious tolerance . William Penn's "Holy Experiment", Mix of English, Dutch, German, and Swedish settlers, Southern Colonies, Virginia, Maryland, North & South Carolina, Georgia, Founded primarily for economic gain. profit-driven ventures, Economy: tobacco (Virginia/Maryland), rice and indigo (Carolinas) plantation agriculture, Labor system: indentured servants → enslaved Africans (shift after 1670s), Headright system encouraged large landholdings

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