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There were many differences between the founding of the southern colonies and the northern colonies. One of the major differences is that most of the southern colonies were developed by farmers who built plantations to make tobacco and other cash crops, the northern states were developed for religious purposes. Most of the colonist that moved to the northern colonies were groups of puritan separatists. The puritans first landed at Plymouth Massachusetts in 1620, they came to America so they could have religious freedom because of the king's demand that they country follow his religious beliefs. The southern colonies began with Jamestown originating in 1607. Jamestown originally consisted of 144 men. Jamestown was looking down until John Rolfe discovered tobacco and it became a cash crop which then created many job opportunities for colonists and many plantations to be built. Another difference between southern and northern colonies was the way they treated the Native......

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