USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern Colonies had worse soil than New England. The Southern Colonies had a shorter growing season than the Middle Colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -New England Colonies In addition, the soil is rocky or sandy, and generally poor for growing crops. As a result, farming in New England was limited to small farms on which families managed to grow enough to feed themselves and not much else.

Detailed explanation-3: -New England had skilled craftsmen in the industry of shipbuilding. The Mid-Atlantic presented a diverse workforce of farmers, fisherman, and merchants. The Southern Colonies were primarily agricultural with few cities and limited schools.

Detailed explanation-4: -The soil was rocky, which made farming difficult. The New England colonies had very harsh winters and mild summers. This made the growing season only about five months long. Because the soil was rocky and the climate was often harsh, colonists in New England only farmed enough to feed their families.

Detailed explanation-5: -Economics in the colonies: Both the Chesapeake and Southern colonies had rich soil and temperate climates which made large-scale plantation farming possible. Both regions had an agriculture-based economy in which cash crops like tobacco, indigo, and cotton were cultivated for trade.