SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Question
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In which colonial region was the Chesapeake Bay, a geographical feature, helpful to the economy by allowing for trade between the colonies as well as with Europe?
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New England
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Middle
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Southern
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and centered on the Chesapeake Bay.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Chesapeake region, the economy was based off of agriculture, or more specifically cash crops. They produced indigo, sugar and rice, and a lot of tobacco, and these crops required large-scale labor and the importation of slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chesapeake Colonies: Virginia, Maryland.
Detailed explanation-4: -British colonies in the south, ranging from the Chesapeake to the West Indies, focused on the production of cash crops like tobacco and sugar.
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