What were the defining characteristics of the New England colonies?

That they were puritan, that their lives centered richly around their religions. This is the main difference of the New England colonies and the rest of them.

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president thomas jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the louisiana purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an american presence in this territory before britain and other european powers

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