Question

Which best describes the economy of the middle colonies during 1600s and 1700s

Answer 1

Commerce in the Middle Colonies revolved around sawmills and gristmills, the textile industry, pig iron and its products, printing, publishing, and papermaking. Forests were for ship buildings and lumbering. People’s livelihood was harvesting crops, selling grains and livestock to cities and nations as well sewing and cooking. The commerce were centered on exporting textile industry, importing raw cotton from East India Company, printing, publishing, papermaking, sawmills and gristmills. There was also a major production of pig iron and its products.

Answer 2

The middle colonies such as New York and Philadelphia became centers of trade.

Step-by-step explanation:

The location of the middle colonies along the coast region made them a major trading center. Because of the favorable climatic condition in the middle colonies, settlers involved in cultivating crops like corn and wheat with livestock of pork and beef. Some other industries in the middle colonies engaged in the production of shipbuilding, iron ore, textiles, furs (beaver pelt) and lumber from forests.