- Relied on shipbuilding, fishing, and small-scale farming
- Developed trading networks with Europe and the West Indies
- Thriving lumber industry
Southern colonies:
- Relied on the production and export of cash crops, such as tobacco, rice, and indigo
- Developed large-scale plantations that used enslaved labor
- Dominated by a planter aristocracy and a cash crop economy
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