Socially the three groups of colonies developed differently.
The New England Colonies life was overrule by the Puritan religion. There was a
severe observation of the Sabbath, people dressed in somber clothing, Christmas
and birthdays were not celebrated and religious tolerance was not practiced.
People backed each other to create a one-class system: middle class, a
homogenous background. In the Middle Colonies the cosmopolitan population
celebrated for any reason, wore the latest European Fashions and practiced religious
toleration. The Southern Colonies had a strict three class system: upper class
rich plantation owners, middle class small plantation owners, lower class poor
whites and a population of Negroes of no class. The main reason to
what they had available. The New England Colonies were mainly agricultural
farmers.
