New England Colonies
Some of the natural resources in the New England colonies include seafood. Seafood meaning fish, lobster, and whales. For other kinds of food, there were wild deer and hogs. There were maple trees which the colonists would use for wood and sap for syrup. Granite was even a resource.
In New England, thew also grew indigo and tobacco. Indigo is a blue dye. Tobacco was an export to England and to the other colonies. Some other natural resources include beaver fur, skins, flour, rice, rum, lumber, water, wood, swamps, coal, and copper. Rum was also a part of the triangular trade. Whales were a natural resource because there insides contain oil.
Citations
- http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_New_England's_natural_resources
- http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_natural_resources_for_the_New_England_Colonies_of_North_America_in_1680s-1730
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_oil
- http://www.travel-vancouver-island.com/northern-resident-killer-whales-vancouver-island-154-pictures.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber
- http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2008/05/11/swift-idea-becomes-innovative-business/
- http://www.nysmokefree.com/PageView.aspx?P=50&P1=9020
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_trade
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Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies include the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The Middle Colonies had rich, fertile soil, so it allowed people to grow an abundant amount of food and resources. Since they had large grain exports from the soil, the Middle Colonies were also known as the Bread Colonies. The Middle Colonies were able to grow wheat, grain, and oats. They could also grow corn, rye, hemp, and flax. This allowed Pennsylvania to become the leading food producer in the middle colonies.
Some other resource that they had was the three rivers that surrounded them. These rivers were the Hudson River, the Delaware River, and the Susquehanna River. These rivers provided the Middle Colonies with an abundant amount of fish to eat and fresh water to drink. The mountains of the west provided iron for the iron workers and the trees provided the people with wood to build ships, houses, and to make other useful materials. The land also provided them with resources such as bronze and metal.
Another natural resources that they had was livestock. They had animals such as cows, sheep, horses, pigs, chicken, beaver, fur etc. The livestock was one of the most useful resources because it provided everyone with food to eat and clothes to wear. The cows provided them with milk, butter, beef, and fertilizer. Horses would provide a form of transportation for the people of the Middle Colonies. They used horses to simply go places or to bring goods to nearby markets. Sheep provided people with wool; this way they could make clothes, blankets, and other things. Pigs and chicken would provide everyone in the middle colonies with different kinds of meat. All of these resources were needed to sustain life.
The pictures above show the Delaware River, cloth, a map of the Middle Colonies, and what a typical house made out of lumber and other types of wood would look like.
http://passaicnews.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/nj-man-drowns-in-delaware-river/
http://www.nps.gov/history/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/histcontextsd.htm
http://www.colonialcrafts.com/item/Monks_Cloth/12629
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/ca/13c9.htm
Fun Facts
- Cash crops were what they used to make and sell in markets.
- The Middle Colonies had a longer growing season than New England.
- Waterfalls provided power to run flour mills.
- The Middle Colonies had some of the best harbors in the world.
Sources :
http://lajhsslab.com/Colonial/13-middle-resources.htm
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Southern Colonies
Some of the natural resources found in the southern colonies were rich farmland, forests, and fish. Long growing seasons and plentiful rivers and streams made huge plantations possible and many, which was to the advantage of the colonists.
The southern colonies were absolutely packed with excellent resources. There were furs to get, bays to use as harbors, fish in the oceans, lumber inland, and good farmland. There was much fresh water, and the mountains formed a natural barrier against bad weather from the west. It was a haven for the colonists.
There was more than good farmland for the colonists in the south. There were furs to obtain, which could be sent back to England for good money. Lumber, of which there was an abundance, could be used for shelters, ships, or again, sent back to England.
There were a wide variety of animals in the southern colonies. Deer, birds, and beavers were some of the animals that made their home here.
In addition to animals, a large amount of different types of plants thrived in the south, particularly flowers. These could be used as medicine or food. The warm, humid climate favored fauna and flora, which allowed many natural resources to be present.
Sources:
http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/selections/nathistory/gallery.html