The Daily Times
Trading and Commerce in the Colonies
Products and Economy in Each Group of the Colonies
The South
Farmland- Farmland is a very big deal down in the south and necessary for the economy to function, so many people make their money off of crops. There is so much farmland that even in the capital, Jamestown, there is only a few houses.
Trade- The main trade in the southern colonies is tobacco, cotton, sugar, rice, indigo (dye), lumber, furs, and farm products.
New England Ports
The Middle Colonies Lumberyards
Southern Farmland
The Middle Colonies
Food- The Middle colonies are the big food producing colonies since the south is more focused on cash crops. This makes the middle colonies invaluable to the Americas.
Other Products- Shipbuilding, textiles, and fur are some other exports from the middle colonies
Northern/New England Colonies
Trading- The Northern Colonies had very big ports and traded with others a lot to make their economy instead of farming.
Colonies/England- The other colonies got more products from the Northern Colonies than England did but I suspect the England had better quality products and didn't want or need what the other colonies got.
Other Information/Events
Key Events
Mercantilism- This gave Britain a profit from America's goods and trading.
Taxes- England imposed many taxes on the colonies trade but they powered through it and still had a very successful trade system with others.
England's Responses to Key Events
Mercantilism- This view point made England profit from America's trades and products so money came in from the colonies and England made a good amount of money from that so when the colonies broke away some of England's income went with it.
Taxes- The taxes were imposed by Britain to pay off war debts and other debts so it was bad if they had to impose one but it helped pay for things, these taxes were also from wars but most of the wars during that time was over the colonies so it kinda was bad for Britain but it helped with their finance problems.