Answer:
Explanation: The colonies were able to continue to exist by support from their European benefactors. Without the capital and support of the "mother" country the colonies would have failed to thrive. Jamestown is an example of this failure, because they no longer received necessary infusions of capital.
<u>New England </u>
Religion-Puritanism.
Society- Family centered. Did not tolerate dissenters. Quite religious compared to the other colonies.
Politics- Theocracy. Town meetings.
Economy- Fishing, shipbuilding, lumber,
<u>Mid-Atlantic</u>
Religion- More religious freedom, especially in Pennsylvania. (Quakers, Catholics, Protestants, etc.)
Economy- Growing wheat (breadbasket)
<u>Southern </u>
Religion- Mostly Anglicans and Baptists. Maryland was formed to provide religious tolerance to Catholics. (Toleration Act of 1649. However, people like atheists and Jews would be decreed death).
Society- Slavery. Large plantations. Most people were small farmers.
Politics- Large plantation owners dominated colonial legislatures. Had strong ties to Great Britain (sold their crops to them).
Economy- Largely agricultural based. Grew cash crops like tobacco
Answer:
An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February 1857. Loading the Enfield often required tearing open the greased cartridge with one's teeth, and many sepoys believed that the cartridges were greased with cow and pig fat.
Religion (Christianity) or the bringing of new items (new animals such as horses and improved weapons)
