What Is The Difference Between The North And South
The American Revolution and the time before the Revolution occurred in the Seventeenth Century was the start of building America as an independent nation away from outside influences and control. The Thirteen Colonies had been divided into the North and South. Even though both the North and South were experiencing and working on becoming independent from outside influences like the British, there were changes that not both were existing in their colonies but there were some changes that were occurring in both. For example, economics, religion, government, and politics shared some similarities but also some differences did occur as well.
Economically the North and the South were similar in a few ways. “Squatting was a way of life among the …show more content…
For example the economy for the North is commerce as quoted: “The key economic fact about colonial New England was that it was an area fitted by nature for commerce rather than agriculture.” While the economy for the South the opposite: “Plantations dominated the economy of the tidewaters; small farms flourished in the back country of Virginia and the Carolinas.” This meaning that the North’s economy did not run through agriculture, rather it ran through commerce which was the exact opposite of the Souths plantations based economy. Just the geographic location alone with the North not being as suited for agriculture as the South is separates the economy of which both regions are capable of. The type of food and products that were exported from each area was also different. The North had corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, sheep, horses cattle, and swine while the South had naval stores, wheat, corn, furs, deerskin, flax, hemp, fruit, livestock, iron, and lumber. Both the North and South used these items to be involved in trade and grow their economies but they had different products that they were trading. Due just to the geographical location and climate differences aloud each area to have different items they were able to obtain and sell to make money for a better economy. The economic purpose and use of the land was the difference in economy between the North and
Economically the North and the South were similar in a few ways. “Squatting was a way of life among the …show more content…
For example the economy for the North is commerce as quoted: “The key economic fact about colonial New England was that it was an area fitted by nature for commerce rather than agriculture.” While the economy for the South the opposite: “Plantations dominated the economy of the tidewaters; small farms flourished in the back country of Virginia and the Carolinas.” This meaning that the North’s economy did not run through agriculture, rather it ran through commerce which was the exact opposite of the Souths plantations based economy. Just the geographic location alone with the North not being as suited for agriculture as the South is separates the economy of which both regions are capable of. The type of food and products that were exported from each area was also different. The North had corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, sheep, horses cattle, and swine while the South had naval stores, wheat, corn, furs, deerskin, flax, hemp, fruit, livestock, iron, and lumber. Both the North and South used these items to be involved in trade and grow their economies but they had different products that they were trading. Due just to the geographical location and climate differences aloud each area to have different items they were able to obtain and sell to make money for a better economy. The economic purpose and use of the land was the difference in economy between the North and