Settlers were seeking religious freedom.

Settlers wanted to make a profit from trade.

Settlers wanted to convert American Indians to their religion.

Settlers wanted to create more wealth for the English economy.

The Southern colonies were known for a much colder climate.

The Southern colonies were founded more for religious reasons.

The Southern colonies were settled much later in the time period.

The Southern colonies were more dependent on the plantation system.

the invention of the cotton gin, which made cotton a more popular crop

the trans-Atlantic trade, which made growing cash crops more profitable

the slave codes, which were passed to control a large enslaved population

the increased use of steamships, which transported goods throughout the South

the demand for cotton and tobacco, which increased in both the colonies and Europe

They were primarily established by people looking for religious freedom.

They traded goods produced on large plantations and farms in the South.

They had the longest growing season and the warmest weather of any of the colonies.

They were established as a buffer zone between the colonies and the Spanish settlements.

the cash crop economy

the Great Awakening

the trans-Atlantic trade

the New England economy

tax colonists in order to pay off British debt

punish Massachusetts after the colonists protested

require colonists to pay for British military supplies

stop all settlement to the west of the colonies