It depends which colonies you are referring to.
pi is a big anwser
Spain's two most important colonies in the Americas were Mexico and Peru. Those two colonies had the rich mines.
Virginia
accidents and curiosity
Because he opened two major continents to world discovery,
He explored Greenland, and established two colonies there.
Cotton and Tobacco
The british planned to divide the colonies in two
He explored Greenland, and established two colonies there.
In the 1760's, half of the two million people living in British Colonies lived on the Atlantic Coast. They lived east of the Appalachians.
The Hudson and Potomac.
The two original types of colonies were Charter and Proprietary colonies