Farms in New England colonies where colder climate so they grew lumber. While in the middle colonies there was more fertile soil. So they grew stuff like grains and tobaccos, to match the hotter climate.
States are denied certain powers under the Articles of Confederation. States may not send ambassadors to foreign countries, receive foreign ambassadors, or make any kind of arrangement, meeting or treaty with any king, prince or state. Not any person or state may accept any gift, including titles of nobility, from a foreign state.
True, according to Christianity at least