Title: 
Headings: CHAPTER 3: THE ENGLISH COLONIES
CHAPTER
 
3:
 
THE
 
ENGLISH
 
COLONIES

EXPLORA
TION
 
AND
 
COLONIZA
TION

Some
 
reasons
 
for
 
European
 

Geography
,
 
including
 
regional
 
differences
 
in
 
soils,
 
rainfall,
 
and
 
growing
 
seasons
 
was
 
the
 

The
 
first
 
permanent
 
English
 
settlement
 
at
 
Jamestown
was
 

The
 
Southern
 
Colonies
 
had
 
the
 


Content: The
 
first
 
permanent
 
English
 
settlements
 
were
 
located
 
in
 
the
 
Atlantic
 
Coast
 
region. Settlements
 
were
 
built
 
near
 
the
 
coastline
 
and
 
other
 
bodies
 
of
 
water
 
for
 
ease
 
of
 
transportation
 
and
 
trade. Natural
 
harbors
 
led
 
to
 
the
 
growth
 
of
 
trade
 
in
 
the
 
English
 
colonies. Geography
,
 
including
 
regional
 
differences
 
in
 
soils,
 
rainfall,
 
and
 
growing
 
seasons
 
was
 
the
 
primary
 
cause
 
of
 
economic
 
differences
 
among
 
the
 
colonies
 
in
 
North
 
America. A
 
result
 
of
 
the
 
encounter
 
between
 
Europeans
 
and
 
Native
 
Americans
 
was
 
that
 
new
 
diseases
 
were
 
spread
 
to
 
Native
 
American
 
populations. The
 
first
 
permanent
 
English
 
settlement
 
at
 
Jamestown
was
 
founded
 
in
 
1607. Colonists
 
in
 
Jamestown
 
expected
 
to
 
find
 
riches. The
 
Southern
 
Colonies
 
had
 
the
 
best
 
soil
 
and
 
climate
 
for
 
large-
scale
 
agriculture. Slavery
 
flourished
 
more
 
in
 
the
 
Southern
 
Colonies
 
than
 
elsewhere. The
 
need
 
for
 
agricultural
 
workers
 
in
 
the
 
tobacco
 
fields
 
led
 
to
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
enslaved
 
people
 
from
 
Africa.