"The country of New York is very pleasant in summer, but in the winter very cold, as all the Northern Plantations are. Their chief commodities are provisions, bread, lumber, and fish in abundance; all which are very good, and some skins and furs are exported. The city is governed by a mayor (as in England), is seated on an island, and lies very convenient for trade and defense, having a regular fort."
—John Lawson, 1709
According to the passage, how did geography influence economic trade in New York?
Soon after arriving at Jamestown, the colonists were attacked by the Algonquian natives. Within a month, the colonists built a triangular-shaped, wooden wall to defend their small settlement, which consisted of a storehouse, church, and several houses. Disease, famine, and the on-going attacks from local tribes strained the new colony. Its only hope came from the colony's trade with the Powhatan natives. The Powhatans gave the colonists food in exchange for iron and copper tools. In time, the colonists abandoned their fort and moved the settlement further inland.
Other than attacks by the Algonquian, what contributed most to the high mortality rates among Jamestown colonists?
In colonial North America, slavery practices often varied due to an area's climate and geography. Because the South had a long growing season, farmers could make large profits by harvesting multiple times a year. By the mid-1700s, the Southern colonies had become very dependent on slavery. Southern landowners purchased more and more slaves to increase production in their tobacco, rice, cotton, sugar, and indigo fields. In the Northern colonies, there was a lower need for slaves; however, Northern businessmen still made large profits by investing in slave trade. Slaves that lived in the North often worked as household servants, skilled laborers, or as field hands on small farms.
How were geography and slavery related?
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