Pg 106 1-6
1. Cash crops that make money easily and are in demand were frequently traded through the triangular trade route, however sustenance farming did not produce enough crops to trade.
2. Medium sized farms with cash crops such as wheat and cattle; some industrial crafts and shops such as flour making and mining
3. The land was not very good for farming so it forced the colonists to look elsewhere for sustanence. The large amounts of lumber and the close proximity of ports led to a thriving ship-building economy. With the plentiful amount of ships came trade and trade become the mojor economy.
4.
| Similarities | Differences |
New England | Farmed | Small Scale Sustanance not main economic income |
Southern Colonies | Farmed | Larger farms, main economic income |
5. They most likely justified it by saying that the use of slaves created more income for themselves, which would mean higher taxes and more money for the government.
6. British Colonies to Great Britain: Rice, Tobacco, Indigo, Furs; West Indies to British Colonies: Molasses, Rum, Sugar
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