The first colonial legislature was the Virginia House of Burgesses, established in 1619. The colonies along the eastern coast of North America were formed under different types of charter, but most developed representative democratic governments to rule their territories.

Why did the colonies decide they needed a national government in addition to states governments? Because each state could not build a big enough army alone to defend themselves against the British so the states came together to form a single strong army. How did the states attempt to get out of debt?

Who governed Colonial NY? The NY colony was headed by a powerful British appointed governer and included an Assembly, elected by white property-owning men.

In what ways were the colonial governments similar? How did they differ? Each had an executive; most had a two-house legislature. They were different because they were new states were self-governing, had constitutions/bills of rights, and allowed more people to vote.

The English colonists in America brought with them three main concepts: The need for an ordered social system, or government. The idea of limited government, that is, that government should not be all-powerful. The concept of representative government — a government that serves the will of the people.

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The colonies are often divided up into three regions including the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Other American British colonies that never became states include the Lost Colony of Roanoke and Plymouth Colony (which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony).

In its broadest application today, the Deep South is considered to be “an area roughly coextensive with the old cotton belt, from eastern North Carolina through South Carolina, west into East Texas, with extensions north and south along the Mississippi.”

The Deep South Also known as “The cotton states,” the states we refer to as the “deep south” include South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

The Bible Belt is thought to include almost all of the Southeastern US, and runs from Virginia down to northern Florida and west to parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.

Christianity is the largest religion in the United States, with the various Protestant Churches having the most adherents.

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The Rust Belt is a region of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States that has been experiencing industrial decline starting around 1980. It is made up largely of the Great Lakes Megalopolis, though definitions vary.