The Industrial Revolution started in England because <span>It had a growing population and large deposits of coal and iron.</span>
New England Colonies:
- economy based on fishing, lumber, and fur trade
-included connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts
Middle Colonies:
- Pilgrims and Puritans settled here
-known for religious tolerance
- chief exports were rice, indigo, tabacco and later, cotton
-included Pennsylvania, Ny, NJ and delaware
Southern Colonies:
- agricultural economy based on slavery and plantations
- included georgia, south carolina and north carolina
- rich fertile soil meant that wheat and corn were major crops
