SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Cotton and tobacco
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Indigo and wheat
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Lumber and fishing
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Cows and fishing
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Detailed explanation-1: -Major industry for the colony included Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding). Natural Resources: The main natural resource in Massachusetts was timber. The timber from the region provided the raw material for shipbuilding.
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: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New England colonies developed an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and eventually, manufacturing. The colonies prospered, reflecting the Puritans’ strong belief in the values of hard work and thrift.
Detailed explanation-5: -Economy. In the 1600s the economy of New England revolved around farming, fishing, and whaling.