WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Farms in the New England Colonies tended to be small subsistence farms, a type of agriculture in which people lived on what they grew themselves. The Middle Colonies consisted of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The climate of was mild and the soil proved fertile for farming.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because the soil was rocky and the climate was often harsh, colonists in New England only farmed enough to feed their families. Some of these crops included corn, beans, and squash. The New England colonies, however, were full of forests, giving the colonists the important natural resource of trees.

Detailed explanation-4: -The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming. The Middle colonies also featured mixed economies, including farming and merchant shipping.