Colonial Period.

Most people who came tho British colonies in the 1600 were English. Others came from The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, Scotland and Nothern Ireland.
People come for different reasons. Some left their homes to escape war. Others sougth political or religious freedom.
In time, the 13 colonies dveloped whitin three distinc regions.
The first settlements were along the Atlantic coast and rivers that flowed into the ocean. The North east was called New England, and it included Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The economy was based on timber, Fishing, ship building and trade.
After that people worked in industry and agriculture. The society was more diverse and sophisticated but the same time most people were farmers. Some owned small farm that they worked themselves. The wealthy farmers owned large plantantions and used Aafrica slaves as workers.
The colonies developed goverments based on the British tradition of citizen participation. Iin Britain, The glorious revolution of 1688-1689 limited the power of the king and grave more power to the people. The American colonists colosely observed these changes. They passed laws that limited the power of the royal governor and increased their own authoroty but the disagreements between the royal governors and the assemblies continued.