Essential Questions: 

1. What factors are critical to a communities success?

2. What aspects of society would help create a positive environment?

3. What challenges would colonists settling a new place need to overcome?

Key Ideas

Section 1 - Prosperity and religious diversity brought changes to Puritan New England

Section 2 - In the Southern colonies, the need for cheap labor led to an increased dependency on slavery

Section 3 - Rich farmland and a climate of tolerance helped the middle colonies prosper

Section 4 - Settlers in the backcountry developed their own culture and traditions