<span>Phillis Wheatly compares the human heart to D. the setting sun in "an hymn to the evening"
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Violations of the Versailles treaty
The New England colonies developed an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and eventually manufacturing. The New England colonies prospered. This reflected the Puritans' strong belief in the values of hard work and thrift.
The fertile soil and good growing climate were the main reasons that the Middle Colonies were more successful at growing crops than the New England and Southern Colonies. The land was also easier to expand than in the other colonies. In the New England Colonies, the soil was rocky and the growing season was short
