How agriculture was not the complete and total basis for American economies in the north and south during the 17th century

The English colonies in the New World were not started for the purpose of being long-term settlements. In 1606, King James I of England granted the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company, a charter for settling in the area of present-day Virginia (The American Pageant, p. 28). The purpose was to gain a quick profit, but instead it hatched the beginning of a major colonization experiment. Beginning in Jamestown, colonization spread north up to present-day Maine, …

…northern colonies, specifically New England, very industrial. The topography and climate of the southern colonies made them ideal for the growth and harvest of many of the staple crops that were produced in the colonies. The motivations for colonization separated the northern and southern colonies; the Puritans and others desiring religious freedom settled north, while the south was socially diverse. Therefore, the economies of both the northern and southern colonies differed in many different ways.