SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Timber
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cotton
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Grain
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rice
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Colonies enjoyed a successful and diverse economy. Largely agricultural, farms in this region grew numerous kinds of crops, most notably grains and oats. Logging, shipbuilding, textiles production, and papermaking were also important in the Middle Colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Also known as the Breadbasket colonies, the Mid-Atlantic colonies include New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York.
Detailed explanation-3: -These crops included wheat, barley, and oats. Farmers also raised livestock. However, their use of only one plant in each field made the fields vulnerable to erosion and insects. Slaves were somewhat more important to the middle colonies than they were to New England.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main cash crops in the middle colonies were grains such as wheat, rye, and oats. Because the middle colonies grew large amounts of grains, they were called “the bread colonies."