The Navigation Act<span> of 1651, aimed primarily at the Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652.
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The North relied mostly on industry for income but the South was almost all agricultural. Without the slaves they didn't have many people left to work the land.
The new colossus by Emma Lazarus
<span>They were both founded in the first half of the 17th century and they both practiced some form of self-governance. They had very different climates, however, which meant that the Massachusetts economy was driven by things like shipping and shipbuilding while Virginia's warmer temperatures allowed for an agriculture-based economy.</span>
