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Build on trade through ports

First Thanksgiving

Workers on plantations=slaves from Africa=more profit

Lot of arable land, but within hills and rivers

Settled here due to debt repayment from King Charles II

Have flat arable land= great agriculture

Harvard College, first university in America

First bread basket of America

First permanent settlement in 1607 among all colonies

Puritans were established here

Education: mandatory; high literacy rate

Consisted of non-English settlers (Netherlands + Denmark)

Founded by those seeking economic gain

Consisted of upper class - aristocrats and servants (also slaves)

Pennsylvania - Quakers -> tolerance for all religions

Tobacco (introduced by John Rolfe)

Natural harbors, rivers, timber, creeks - hard for irrigation

1620 Plymouth Colony - Founded by pilgrims seeking religious freedom

Oppurtunity to own land

New York/New Jersey

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