SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Plantation agriculture, exported cash crops to Europe
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Shipbuilding, lumbering, fishing, and subsistence farming
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Shipbuilding, subsistence farming, and trading
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Colonies’ economy was built on farming, milling, lumbering, shipbuilding, and production.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle Colonies enjoyed a successful and diverse economy. Largely agricultural, farms in this region grew numerous kinds of crops, most notably grains and oats. Logging, shipbuilding, textiles production, and papermaking were also important in the Middle Colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Slaves were somewhat more important to the middle colonies than they were to New England. They worked in cities as skilled laborers, such as blacksmiths and carpenters. Other slaves worked on farms, onboard ships, and in the growing shipbuilding industry.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main cash crops in the middle colonies were grains such as wheat, rye, and oats. Because the middle colonies grew large amounts of grains, they were called “the bread colonies."
Detailed explanation-5: -The economy of the middle colonies was supported largely by the cultivation of staple crops-crops that are always needed. Such as: wheat, barley, and oats.