Namely: New England, Middle colonies, and Southern colonies. I'm also wondering about what politics were like in the Chesapeake region of these colonies. I've searched for this answer for quite a while now, but can't seem to find an answer:crazyeye:.

This is a pretty vague request--are you looking for information on how the Continental Congress was formed, how cities were organized, what municipalities looked like, how colonial assemblies formed, the differences between royal governance and local, social classes and how they affected politics?

I'm just trying to figure out where you want to focus the discussion.

I'm sorry, I was researching this information so I could manage to come up with an essay; but I wasn't told exactly what was meant by politics. Needless to say, I managed to come up with something; though I'm not exactly sure it fits into the "politics" category... I wrote that the New England and Middle colonies used indentured servants while the Southern colonies turned to slavery.

I'm sorry, I was researching this information so I could manage to come up with an essay; but I wasn't told exactly what was meant by politics. Needless to say, I managed to come up with something; though I'm not exactly sure it fits into the "politics" category... I wrote that the New England and Middle colonies used indentured servants while the Southern colonies turned to slavery.
That's more economics. You should slap whoever gave you such an open-ended question.

One book you might have a look at is Yerxa, D., ed. Recent themes in early American history: historians in conversation Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press 2008 - I haven't read this myself but it may contain some of the information you're after, or at least give you some ideas of where else to look.

I'm sorry, I was researching this information so I could manage to come up with an essay; but I wasn't told exactly what was meant by politics. Needless to say, I managed to come up with something; though I'm not exactly sure it fits into the "politics" category... I wrote that the New England and Middle colonies used indentured servants while the Southern colonies turned to slavery.

In very broad (read: general and subject to further research) strokes, the New England colonies didn't have the large-scale agriculture for slavery to operate effectively. Farms tended to be smaller and family-owned, and it resembled subsistence agriculture far more than plantation-style money making. Some of the Middle Colonies did grow cash crops like tobacco, and so slavery took root there (such as in Virginia). In the South, rice and indigo were the favored products (cotton only became popular later on, after slaves were present and the Cotton Gin made it more profitable), and you needed a lot of water to grow these crops. Not to mention, the terrain is marsh-like and muddy...this means you have to use manual labor. Large plantations and heavy manual labor requirements gives you a niche that slaves can fill.

You could also probably cite some societal differences between the Northern and Southern towns (who was in it for escaping religious persecution, who was in it for money).

Thanks for the information, guys; but sadly enough, the essay is all said and gone.