Question

Which region had the highest percentage of economic activity devoted to shipbuilding? How did the geography and environment of this region contribute to or support the ability of this region to develop economic practices around shipbuilding?

Answer 1

When analyzing the shipbuilding percentages of each colony, it is found that the southern and northern were both the same in terms of their shipbuilding outputs. This occurred due to the specific resources available to these two regions, especially in relation to the middle colonies.