NORTHERN BRITISH COLONIES: "City upon a hill", Salem witch trials, settled as families for the most part, Connecticut, Halfway Covenant, Roger Williams, John Winthrop, British town hall meetings, Mayflower Compact, MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES: New York, originally Dutch settlers, most ethnically and linguistically diverse British colonies, British major emphasis on fur trade, grain crops / bread basket, British borrough or township governments, Charter of Liberties, SOUTHERN BRITISH COLONIES: Chesapeake, Maryland, Virginia, Bacon's Rebellion, soil butchery, tobacco crop, initial shortage of women in the Chesapeake, George Washington, British county governments more powerful, early Maryland settlements plagued by diseases spread through mosquitoes, FRENCH COLONIES: Canada, future US Midwest, Louisiana, less densely settled than British colonies, closely bonded with many Native American tribes including the Iroquois, came under British authority temporarily after the French and Indian War, SPANISH COLONIES: missions, presidios, Florida, Pueblo Revolt, mestizos, peninsulares, black and white legends, strict social stratification or ranking of people,

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