SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS
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Question
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Settlers of the southern and middle colonies exported cash crops
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Settlers in the southern and middle colonies were artisans or business owners.
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Settlers of both colonies had difficulty farming due to rocky soil.
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Settlers allowed Quakers to settle in the area for religious freedom.
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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: -3. Similarities: they were all democratic (self ruled), but they ran their democratic government in different ways.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Southern Colonies had an agricultural economy. Most colonists lived on small family farms, but some owned large plantations that produced cash crops such as tobacco and rice. Many slaves worked on plantations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Economically, the region’s colonies developed into strong merchant centers similar to their New England neighbors to the north. However, the Mid-Atlantic Colonies also farmed significant quantities of wheat and corn, similar to the cash crop production of their southern neighbors.