ships
Ships
A few items timber was used to build include homes, businesses, furniture, and various forms of transportation - carts, wagons, and boats.
England , France, Spain
The 13 colonies were separated into 3 groups; the New England colonies, the Mid-Atlantic colonies, and the Southern colonies. The Southern colonies had rich soil, warm climate, and many navigable rivers. These helped the South become a major agricultural area. New England was covered with forests that provided lumber, which was used to build ships, and the ocean was filled with fish. Seafaring lifestyle became prominent. The Mid-Atlantic colonies had rich soil but the climate was cooler. Those colonies raised staple crops such as wheat and corn for all the colonies.
Forests
Ships
Ships
Ships
ships
Ships
Ships
Ships
A few items timber was used to build include homes, businesses, furniture, and various forms of transportation - carts, wagons, and boats.
Ships
Ships
Cabins
First of all, natural resources in the New England colonies made shipbuilding a logical industry. Vast forests offered an abundance of timber. Textile manufacturing offered the apparatus to build sails and the growth of hemp enabled easy access to ship rigging. Finally, the fishing industry offered a homegrown market for the product.