Why Did New Englanders Have Only a Quarter of the Wealth

question 43

Multiple Choice

Why did New Englanders have only a quarter of the wealth the free colonists in the South had in 1770?

• A) Farms did not produce huge surpluses of cash crops.
• B) The New England growing season was too short.
• C) The craggy,rocky soil could not support cash crops.
• D) A lack of rainfall kept farm produce from growing.

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