SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Ship building, fishing and lumbering
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Plantations and slavery
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Art and music
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Farming grains, wheat, and corn.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The New England colonies developed an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and eventually, manufacturing. The colonies prospered, reflecting the Puritans’ strong belief in the values of hard work and thrift.
Detailed explanation-2: -New England’s economy was largely dependent on the ocean. Fishing (especially codfish) was most important to the New England economy, though whaling, trapping, shipbuilding, and logging were important also.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trade Triangle In spite of their shortcomings, the New Englanders built a thriving mercantile network and a lucrative shipbuilding system. After all, they needed fishing boats, and the regional economy quickly became dependent upon the sort of trade that only ships could produce at the time.
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).
Detailed explanation-5: -True. The New England economy was based on agriculture, trade, and fishing.