<u>Tidewater</u>: 1. Region where the water level rises when the tide comes in 2. Earlier immigrants settled down in this region. 3. Settlers raised a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, livestock, and the major cash crop, tobacco. 4. Soil composed of sedimentary rock, primarily used for agriculture. 5. Aristocrats and wealthy families dominated politics and economy.
<u>Piedmont</u>: 1. Region between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New Jersey to central Alabama. 2. Later immigrants settled down in this region. 3. Corn and cotton as main crops. 4. Soil is generally clay-like, moderately fertile, that in some areas suffered from erosion and over-cropping, particularly in the South. 5. The majority of back-country immigrants settled on farms, others settled in established towns.
Colonists had many reasons for leaving Europe and coming to the New World. Some only had a small area of farming land in Europe and expected to get bigger farms in America. Others were fed up with wars and rebellions that went on in Europe and made it unstable. They wanted peace and a quiet life. Another group thought it was easy to make money and get rich quickly in America. Farmers in the south saw a chance to earn a lot by growing and selling tobacco.
But most people came for religious reasons. Many European kings and queens forced their people to have the same religion that they had. Most settlers came to America because they wanted religious freedom.
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It is called the Caspian Sea, and it is the largest inland water body. It covers 143,200 square miles and it is bordered by Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.
