What was wrong with New England's land?

The soil was thin and rocky, making it unsuitable to grow crops.

Large farms in the South that grew cash crops (often with slave labor).

plantations

The main crop in tidewater areas of the southern colonies

rice

The most COMMON food crop in America

corn

an undeveloped area at the edge of the settled area

frontier

region that was the "melting pot" of settlers

middle colonies

formed the western boundary of the British colonies for over one hundred years

the Appalachian Mountains

farmers who could raise just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families

subsistence farmers

traded from Africa to the Caribbean or America

slaves

traded from the Caribbean to America

sugar

traded from America to England

tobacco

wave of immigrants that came from Europe to America in the early years of colonization

Great Migration

traded from England to America

manufactured goods