- How did the economy of New England differ from that of other regions?
- Why did New England not attract as many immigrants as other areas did? How did that affect the social structure of the region?
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THE SOUTHERN COLONIES AND SPANISH CALIFORNIA
- What role did slavery play in the social and economic development of the South?
- How did slaves attempt to maintain their own culture and gain some control within the limits of slavery?
- Why did New Spain establish presidios and missions, and what were their consequences for Native Americans?
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- How did immigration shape the religious and ethnic diversity of the middle colonies? What factors led immigrants to settle in the middle colonies?
- How did Atlantic commerce, particularly colonial consumption, affect the middle colonies?
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LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD
- How did the relationship between the colonies and Britain in the eighteenth century differ from that of the seventeenth century?
- What were the most pressing sources of potential conflict between the colonies and Britain in 1770? What were the most important sources of cooperation and mutual dependence?
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