Question

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Explain the differences between farms in the New England colonies, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies in one or two paragraphs.

Answer 1

New England
~Harsh rocky soil made farming difficult, led to subsistence farms
~Land was granted to a group and towns were subdivided among families
~Fishing including whaling (lighting oil)
~Shipbuilding and small-scale factories
~Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New Hampshire

Answer 2

Middle
~"Bread Basket" of the colonies
~River system and ports provided access to back country and Atlantic
~New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Answer 3

Southern
~Favorable agricultural climate
~Plantation system developed
~Export crops: "cash crops" such as tobacco grown
~Larger slave population was needed as labor
~Farms tended to be scattered, less urban development.
~Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia