From the seventeenth to eighteenth century colonial life started to settle down as towns and farms developed and the colonists became more independent from other nations. People had different jobs that varied along the coast. The landmass was divided into 13 colonies that each had separate functions. The New England colonies mainly fished and cut down trees. The Middle Colonies were more suitable for farming and reaped profits from grains and shipbuilding . The Southern Colonies grew cash crops such as tobacco, indigo, and rice. In addition to difference of economy, the colonies were settled by different people, thus leading to a variety of governments and society. All the colonies have very diverse lifestyles but they still have the basic english culture running through all of them. Although, they may be leaded by the king or by an individual they still have the basic jobs of farming or housework and still they retain the same social order.

Government differed among the colonies, and these governments were divided into three …show more content…
In New England, they had the Great Awakening which was the return of religion . The men did the heavy work like cutting trees, working in the field, and fishing. The women did housework like cooking, cleaning, made clothes,etc. .The sons became apprentices, they worked for blacksmiths, silversmiths, and carpenters, along with many other trades. The daughters served as servants to other people. In the Middle Colonies they had the printing press, therefore Benjamin Franklin could produce his paper “Poor Richard’s Almanac”, also the schools were run by Quakers. Men tended cows, made barns, and harvested the fields while women cooked food, made butter and cheese, spun yarn, and tended chickens, while the boys and girls became indentured servants. In the Southern Colonies men worked the fields, and the women did housework, but most of the work was done by servants and