Question

In the early nineteenth century, why did the steps to industrialize take place in New England as opposed to the South?
A) Agriculture in New England was not highly profitable.
B) The South did not economically benefit from cash crops.
C) Southerners were fearful of slaves working in factories.
D) New Englanders had an abundance of slaves to work in factories.

Answer 1

Agriculture in New England was not highly profitable.

New England's weather was too cool, the summers too short, the farms too little to create agriculture as profitable as within the South. Northern industry enlarged quickly consecutively the War of 1812. Industrial producing began in New England, wherever rich merchants designed water-powered textile mills on the rivers of the North-East.

Answer 2

A) Agriculture in New England was not highly profitable.