SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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shipbuilding and fishing
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cattle and pig raising
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tobacco farms
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wheat, barley, and oats
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Detailed explanation-1: -The shipbuilding industry was extremely important, especially to the New England Colonies in Colonial Times. The first ships were built for fishing, but trade was also conducted by water, which eventually led to the real demand in shipbuilding. Shipyards rose up all along the coast of New England.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming. The Middle colonies also featured mixed economies, including farming and merchant shipping.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because the New England colonies focused on the shipbuilding and fishing industries, they imported agricultural products (farm products) from other colonies and England.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shipbuilding became important to new England colonies because they needed it in their fishing and trade industry. Ship speeds up the transportation of fish to their trading partners. Aside from that, the slave trade was widespread during this period.
Detailed explanation-5: -New England’s economy was largely dependent on the ocean. Fishing (especially codfish) was most important to the New England economy, though whaling, trapping, shipbuilding, and logging were important also.