SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS
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They exported grains to Europe
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They exported lumber and built ships
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They established fur trade wit the Native Americans
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They had African slaves to help them farm cash crops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The colonies could only trade with Britain and its colonies. Farming was not favorable in Britain, so they exported raw materials from colonies, manufactured them, and sold them at a profit.
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: -The New England Colonies and Their Economic Industries Due to the poor, rocky soil, farming was not a viable option for the settlers. Instead, they relied on agriculture, fishing, furs, livestock, lumber, shipbuilding, textiles, and whaling.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fish was the area’s most valuable export throughout the colonial period, though its primary trade destination shifted over the eighteenth century. By 1768, few of New England’s goods (fish, whale products, livestock, salt meat, and lumber) were headed to Britain; they were instead being sent to the West Indies.