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African people and African goods played an important role in arousing European interest in world
interests.
Georgia
Virginia
Massachusetts (remember, there are 2!)
Connecticut
New York (include present-day Vermont in NY)
New Jersey
Delaware
North Carolina
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Natural resources:
timber, fish, deep
harbors.
Human resources:
Skilled craftsmen,
shopkeepers, and
shipbuilders
Specialization:
fishing,
shipbuilding, naval
supplies, metal
tools and
equipment
Social life:
Village and church
as the center of
life, religious
reformers and
separatists
Natural resources:
Rich farmlands, rivers
Human resources:
Unskilled and skilled
workers, fishermen
Specialization:
livestock, grains, fish
Social life:
Villages and cities,
varied and diverse
lifestyles, diverse
religions
Natural resources:
fertile farmlands,
rivers, harbors
Human resources:
farmers, enslaved
African Americans
Specialization:
tobacco, rice,
cotton, indigo,
forest products
(lumber, tar and
pitch)
Social life:
Plantations
(slavery),
mansions,
indentured
servants, few
cities, few schools
• New political ideas led to a desire for independence and democratic government in the American
colonies.
• The Declaration of Independence proclaimed independence from England. It stated that people have
natural rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
1. Key philosophies in the Declaration of Independence were based upon ideas first expressed by
The Articles of Confederation was a constitution written during the American Revolution to establish
the powers of the new national government.