New England shipbuilders benefitted from the protection offered by the Navigation Acts

Certain goods, such as sugar, tobacco and cotton, could only be traded with England – shrinking the market that Southern plantation owners could sell to

All goods bound for the colonies had to be processed first in England, before an import tax was applied, to protect English economic interests

Smuggling grew in usage as colonists illegally sought new markets for their goods

English and French colonies grew closer, in mutual protest to the manner in which they were being used to serve the metropole.

Shay’s Rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Bacon’s Rebellion

The Taos Revolt

Northern colonists abhorred what they viewed as the backwardness of the South and believed slavery to be morally wrong.

The British government forbade slavery in Northern colonies.

The bicameral legislature of Massachusetts passed a bill outlawing slavery, and the other Northern colonies promptly followed suit.

The personal campaigning of luminaries such as William Penn and Lord Baltimore against slavery gained a following only in New England.

The North's economy didn't rely heavily on agriculture, but the plantation economy of the South required large reserves of workers to turn a profit.

The establishment of tobacco farms that provided immediate wealth and prosperity to the land-owners

Trade and aid provided by local Native American people

The shipping of goods from the metropole (London)

The rivalry with Spanish and French colonies that helped foster a spirit of solidarity and necessity amongst the English colonists

The constant influx of new colonists that brought with them fresh ideas and resources

Tea Act

Stamp Act

Intolerable Acts

Coercive Acts

Townshend Acts