Question

Select the economic activities that would be found or that most likely would succeed in New England colonies. There are exactly 4 answers to choose

A. Glass and barrel making


B. Timbering, Pine Tar, Pitch, Sassafras (for medicine), and Potash


C. Industries that can be done with short summers, longer, colder winters


D. Waterways with steep drop-offs and rapids to utilize waterpower


E. Industries requiring long, hot, summers, shorter, cold winters


F. Large-Scale Agriculture (plantation) requiring a lot of laborers and flat to gently rolling land

G. Fishing and whaling due to close proximity to the ocean


H. Maple syrup and livestock products such as wool

Answer 1

Answer: the correct answer is A. Glass and barrel making , B. Timbering, Pine Tar, Pitch, Sassafras (for medicine), and Potash, C. Industries that can be done with short summers, longer, colder winters D. Waterways with steep drop-offs and rapids to utilize waterpower, G. Fishing and whaling due to close proximity to the ocean , H. Maple syrup and livestock products such as wool.

Answer 2

A) Glass and barrel making

B) Timbering, Pine Tar, Pitch, Sassafras (for medicine), and Potash

G) Fishing and whaling due to close proximity to the ocean

H) Maple syrup and livestock products such as wool

Step-by-step explanation:

A) New England had and have plenty of wooden resources thanks to its geography, so different items that required wood (plenty) started to be manufactured by the New England colonies, the barrels acquired huge popularity thanks to its practicality and utility. The glass industry was technically a new one, that was not too profitable in early colonial times, however, it was another economic activity that was made in this area.

B) Again, the geography played a key role in this economic activity, timbering was easy to make thanks to the plenty of wooden resources in the area, the trees used in the process were from different classes, and used to different purposes.

G) Oil and Baleen, were the ¨resources¨ the New England fishing industry exploited from the whales, which was a profitable activity thanks to the baleen utility, which was used for the elaboration of daily live items of the age, besides this the food resources obtained by fishing and whaling were used internally and exported.

H) Mapple trees are common in the area, so it was used for different purposes and as aliment, the new settlers learned from the natives how to make Maple sugar and Syrup, which was commercialized afterward, and the sheeps imported from England and then raised in New England territory, allowed them to get meat and wool, the wool was a popular and valuable resource in the age, so a Wool industry started in this area as well.