Natural resources were very important to the New England colony as well as the Southern Colony, because both regions contained unfertile soil which prevented major crops such as wheat, indigo, and maize to be grown. Due to the very fertile soil that the Middle Colonies contained they were able to produce the crops indigo, maize, and barley that the other colonies weren’t able to produce. The New England, Middle and Southern Colonies all used navigable waterways to promote trade between each other; they utilized the triangular trading route. In the Middle colonies the economy was primarily based on the amount of trade that occurred which was fur trade, industry, shipbuilding, and commerce, not to mention the slave trade that occurred throughout the regions which linked New England, Middle and Southern
Natural resources were very important to the New England colony as well as the Southern Colony, because both regions contained unfertile soil which prevented major crops such as wheat, indigo, and maize to be grown. Due to the very fertile soil that the Middle Colonies contained they were able to produce the crops indigo, maize, and barley that the other colonies weren’t able to produce. The New England, Middle and Southern Colonies all used navigable waterways to promote trade between each other; they utilized the triangular trading route. In the Middle colonies the economy was primarily based on the amount of trade that occurred which was fur trade, industry, shipbuilding, and commerce, not to mention the slave trade that occurred throughout the regions which linked New England, Middle and Southern