New England Colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, located in the Northeast along the Atlantic coast, settled by Pilgrims and Puritans, established primarily for religious freedom, very cold climate with rocky soil, dense forest for lumber and swift rivers for fishing, Middle Colonies: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, located in the MID-Atlantic region along the Atlantic coast, inhabited by a diverse group of settlers such as Quakers , Jews, and Baptists, established for religious freedom AND economic opportunity, temperate climate with warm summers and cold winters, fertile soil good for planting grains such as wheat and oats, Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, located in the upper and lower south along the Atlantic coast, neighbored Spanish Florida and French land, settled by debtors and Christians, established primarily for economic opportunity $$, long hot summers and mild winters with very fertile land good for cash crops,

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