SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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Life centered around plantations.
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Shipbuilding, fishing, and textiles were primary occupations.
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Farms in the New England colonies fed slaves in the Caribbean.
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New England colonists lived shorter lives than Southern and Middle colonists.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The New England colonies had acres and acres of forested land. This provided the New England colonists with timber for building houses, ships, etc. They also had an abundant supply of iron used in shipbuilding, and their mining industry flourished. The ships they built were used for exporting goods.
Detailed explanation-4: -Economy: Farming was difficult in the Massachusetts Bay Colony so people found other means of making a living by establishing a manufacturing base and trade. Major industry for the colony included Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding).