This includes agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining. In contrast, the secondary sector produces manufactured goods, and the tertiary sector produces services. The primary sector is usually most important in less-developed countries, and typically less important in industrial countries.
A: There was no predominant religion in colonial South Carolina. The three main religious groups were the French Huguenots, the Anglicans and the dissenters from the Church of England called the non-conformists. Until the early 1700s, there was religious freedom in the colony. Continue Reading
Exploration and Settlement of Pennsylvania. Like colonies elsewhere, European tumult shaped the nature and composition of American settlements. The Reformation touched off years of religious controversy and sent thousands in search of havens in which they could practice their beliefs. Pennsylvania received a wide sampling of these refugees, including Quakers, Roman Catholics, Puritans, Calvinists, Huguenots, and Pietists. Those emigrants not motivated by religious reasons were often dislocated by warfare or economic deprivation.