Agriculturally the colonies were vastly different. The South was consisted in many large plantations. The primary crop of these plantations was tobacco and cotton. These crops required much manual labor to plant and harvest. This made much of the economy of the South dependent on cheap slave labor. This contrasted with the New England colonies, whose agriculture consisted mostly of small family farms that grew the essentials that the families needed to survive that was dependent on commerce. The Middle colonies were the “breadbasket” of the New World. They grew much of the grain and cere

The colonies though different in many ways were dependent on each other. The South provided much of the cotton and the important cash crop of tobacco. The North provided the manufacturing and the shipping. The middle colonies provided rich farm lands for food stuffs and help bridge the differences between the South and the North. All of the colonies didn’t want to become dependant on just trade with England. This had had disastrous results in Ireland. As Ireland was not free to trade with other lands or to be in control of what they grew and produced. If they couldn’t grow and produce what they chose or to trade with the most profitable trade partners they would totally be at the mercy of England. If they wanted to prosper and grow they needed to make decisions based on what was best for their own lot. This

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