The correct answer is C) the manufacturing company.
The economic pursuit that was the slowest to evolve in New England was the manufacturing company.
People from New England based its economy in fishing, whaling, and trade. The soil of New England was rocky. It was not fertile soil such as in Virginia or Pennsylvania, so it was not a good soil to grow cash crops, For that reason, they were good shipbuilders and navigators, trading its products by sea, exporting them to Europe. They did good doing this, that is why the manufacturing industry was the slowest to evolve.
The other options of the question were A) the whaling industry. B) the shipping company. D) the shipbuilding company.