USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Boston, Massachusetts became the central point for the boom of shipbuilding because it was the main distribution point for most of the shipping tonnage. The shipbuilding industry needed plenty of skilled labor to support it and with America’s large forest industry many craftsmen already had skills working with wood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shipbuilding is one of the oldest industries in the United States with roots in the earliest colonial settlements. Shipbuilding quickly became a successful and profitable industry in Massachusetts, with its miles of coastline featuring protected harbors and bays, and extensive supplies of raw materials.

Detailed explanation-3: -North Carolina seized the opportunity presented by naval stores production; it had the trees, the navigable coastal rivers, and no staple crops-such as Virginia tobacco or South Carolina rice-to crowd out naval stores production.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.