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Why did religion in the Southern Colonies not have the same impact as

it did for people living in the New England Colonies?

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Answer:

The Southern colonies involved in growing cash crops to make profits.

The New England colonies founded for religious reasons.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Southern colonies found by the settlers from Europe by having the only purpose of grow cash crops. The southern colonists were a mixture of religion including Baptists, Anglicans and Catholic. These colonies involved in growing cash crops which led them to build a boom in economic in America. Whereas, the New England Colonies founded by Puritans and Separatists for religious freedom and opposed in making profits as Virginia colony.

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