The powers of the federal government are the power to coin money, regulate commerce, declare war, to raise and maintain armed forces, and to establish a Post Office.
Delegated (sometimes called enumerated or expressed) powers are specifically granted to the federal government in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. This includes the power to coin money, to regulate commerce, to raise war, to raise and maintain armed forces, and to establish a Post Office.
The colonists in New England specialized by using lumber for shipbuilding. The climate and land were not suitable for agriculture, but the forests provided large amounts of lumber. ... The New England colonies did not have very good farmland because of the rocky soil.
