4. What were the major economic activities of the English Colonies in America?

“By the 18th century, regional patterns of development had become clear. The New England colonies relied on shipbuilding and sailing to generate wealth plantations- many of which were run by the forced labor of enslaved people in Maryland Virginia and the Carolinas grew tobacco rice and indigo. The middle colonies of New York Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware shipped general crops in furs except for enslaved people standards of living were generally high.” Hope this helps!