Question

1. Which of the following best describes the population of the New England colonies?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answers are as follows:

Explanation:

1. b ) The majority were religious English families. The New English Colonies were primaraly settled by Pilgrims and Puritans.

2. c) Slavery existed in New England, Middle and Southern colonies, with the highest concentration in the South. The higher concetration in the south was due to production of tobacco, indigo and later cotton.

3. c) New England had large shipping ports, while some Chesapeake area and Southern colonies had barrier islands or lacked a navigable river system.

4. d) An economic region which relied heavily on cash crop farming, particularly rice and indigo.