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.
Options:

a) Glass and barrel making


b) Industries requiring long, hot, summers, shorter, cold winters


c) Maple syrup and livestock products such as wool


d) Industries that can be done with short summers, longer, colder winters


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


f) Waterways with steep drop-offs and rapids to utilize waterpower


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


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

Answer 1

Answer: fishing, whaling and fur trapping

Explanation: