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Life in American colonies

New England colonies A.Long winters and tick


rocky soil made large scale
farming difficult
B. new England farmers
often depend on tier
children for labor
C.most farmers here
practiced subsistence
farming
Middle colonies A.most people in the
middle colonies were
farmers
B.farmers sent wheat and
livestock for shipment to
New York city and
Philadelphia
C.Farmers here plowed
and planted large areas of
land and produced ligger
harvest than did new
Englanders
Southern colonies A.most settlers in southern
colonies made their living
from farming
B.Southern farmers could
plant large areas and
produce harvest of cash
crop such as tabaco or rice
C. they grew corn and
tabaco on small family
farms
4 new England export food products. The southern
colonies concentrated on agriculture and developed
plantations exporting tabaco,cotton,corn and fruits. The
middle colonies produced a large amount of
whaet,corn,pork,and beef
5 tabaco,rice,corn
6 the middle colonies had lots of immigrants that came
from different countries
7 colonists needed a large labor force to work on their
plantations
9 they were chained together,trown overboard if they
were dead whipped and brutally treated/little food or
water no space diseases and confusion
Leason 1 colon economy
1 substance agriculture: occurs when farmers grow food
crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families
Cash crop: a crop produced for its commercial value
rather than use by the govern
2 triangular trade: a system of exchange of respect
Diversity: help use recognize a
Slave code: were laws relating to slavery and enslaved
people
3 comparing they all had farms
Constating's they all did different things to farm for
some it was difficult to farm
4 they used enslave people

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