First of all, as always, social conditions play the biggest role. By the 1700’s, the northern and southern colonies had already developed into two different societies. This is mainly because the northern and southern colonies had different distinct reasons for settlement. The northern colonies were established for mainly religious freedom, while on the other hand, the southern colonies were established for economic freedom. At the same time, the relationship between Native American and the settlement influence the development a lot as well. The northern colonies especially for Pennsylvania colony, they are Quakers, who treasure equality as one of the most important value. Thus they treated Native American …show more content…
The climate also affected the different outcome between the north colonies and the South colonies. The north colonies were much colder, as a result, their soil was not good enough for farming, so the people of the north colonies need to find other ways to survive, while on the other hand, the south colonies, which is totally different from the north colonies, had rich soil and the colonists there used that benefit to set up huge plantations and farms. What’s more, southern colonists planted tobacco, which also called “cash crop”, could even earn more than gold since people can easily get addicted to it. On the other hand, northern colonists could only find another way out,