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Economie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Producting | The making of goods. |
| Services | Volitian for jobs and work. |
| What kind of work did the New England colonies? | Fishing, Building ships, and Timber. |
| What kind of jobs did the Middle Colonies? | Were shippers of general crops and furs. Staple crops( wheat, barley, and oats, crops that are continually) Shipyards and Trade (Merchants). |
| What kind of jobs did the Southern Colonies? | Had big Plantations that produced Cash crops like Rice,Tobacco, and Indigo. |
| What kinds of jobs or work did they all have? | People relied primarily on small farms and self-sufficiency. Households produced their own candles and soaps, preserved food, brewed beer and, in most cases, processed their own yarn to make cloth. Had Shiping Yards. |
| How many slaves did the New England Colonies have? | In 1770s There were around 15000 slaves. Slaves lived in cities, learned a skill, may have been literate, worked in smaller farms the work wasn't so hard not a slave society. |
| How many slaves did the Middle colonies have? | There were around 23000 slaves in 1700s. Most slaves lived in cities learned a skill worked as blacksmiths, carpenters, on ships, shipyards and an small farms; not a slave society. |
| How many slaves did the Southern Colonies have? | In 1770s there were around 230000 slaves. Mutations lived on plantations and did labor intensive field work on tobacco, rice, and indigo farms. About 1/2 of farmers had 1 slave; a slave society. |
| Imports | Goods that are brought into our country that are made in another country. |
| Exports | Goods that are made in our country and shipped to other countries |
| Production | making something |