New England colonies were Connecticut Colony, Colony of Rhode<span> Island, Massachusetts </span>Bay Colony, and Province of New Hampshire. The main product for New England colonies was fish and lumber. Bad soil, hard to grow crops.
<span> The middle colonies were </span>Pennsylvania<span>, </span>New York<span>, </span>New Jersey<span>, and </span>Delaware. Main crops produced were <span>wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. Had great soil for growing crops. </span> The Southern colonies were <span>Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The main products produced were </span><span>tobacco, indigo, rice, and cotton. </span>
A military action the added territory in the United States in 1848 was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It ended the Mexican-American war and added the territories California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Patriots wanted freedom from British rule because they didn't think they were treated well. The British kept introducing new taxes and laws, and the colonists had no representatives on the government – which lead to unrest and calls for “liberty”. Patriots did not want to be ruled by the British any longer.
