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No. Most people in all the colonies were farmers. Farming was a lot less efficient before modern times. Farmers worked very hard but produced much less food than they do today. It took a lot more farmers to feed the people. As late as 1900 in the US one person out of three was a farmer. Another way of looking at it is that one farmer could only feed two other people in 1900, and by 1900 farming was more efficient than in colonial times. Today only one person in sixty is a farmer in the US.
There was no way to transport crops over long distances, except maybe between cities near the coast. But moving foodstuffs by ship is expensive. Everywhere people lived in the colonies, most of them were farmers, and their crops went to feed their neighbors and their own families.
What else can I help you with?
What word can be used in place of colonies?
settle
Why you shouldn't settle in the southern colonies?
no religious freedom
What colonies did the dutch and English settle?
New York
Where did the french mostly settle?
they live in France
From what countries did people come to settle in the middle colonies?
From Africa.
What colony did William penn settle?
He settle the northern colony of Pennsylvania. One of the original 13 colonies.
Where did Portuguese merchants settle?
calicut india
Where did white people settle?
Mostly they settle in the U.S.A
When did merchants from the Arabian peninsula begin to settle in East Africa?
700s
What colonies did the spanish settle in 1650?
st.augustine
Where did the Jews settle in the 13 Colonies?
Georgia!
What word can be used in place of colonies?
settle
What was the last of the thirteen colonies to settle?
Georgia.
Why did people settle in southern colonies?
to find gold
Did William Penn settle the southern colonies?
yes
What colonies did the dutch and English settle?
New York
Why you shouldn't settle in the southern colonies?
no religious freedom
