<P> Since the soil and weather in New England was not suitable for farming, many people did not farm . Instead they imported crops from other regions or even other countries . In return, they would trade products they had to other countries . These products included fish, whale products, ships, timber products . Also, they traded furs and livestock products made from animals living in the surrounding forests . </P> <P> Using the large numbers of trees in the forest, people from New England worked at shipbuilding . People in New England cut down trees for lumber to build ships . They would then use them for fishing and hunting whales . That is also a factor that affected what goods people in New England would trade . There was much trade between New England and other regions or countries such as England . New England would export resources like fish and lumber to Africa, England, and the West Indies . Then from Africa, New England would receive hardworking slaves in return . </P> <P> The middle colonies were the Delaware Colony, the New Jersey Colony, the New York Colony, and the Pennsylvania Colony . Their climate helped them become the' breadbasket' of British North America . Arable land was plentiful and the soil was fertile . The excellent natural harbors helped the middle colonies become traders among the colonies . Due in part to immigration from foreign (Mainland Europe) countries, the people were ethnically and religiously diverse . </P> <P> These colonies included New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware . New York is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes . Manhattan Island is a well known location of New York, originally called New Amsterdam . Lake Erie is the great lake that New York shares a border with . The Appalachian Mountains run through the middle of Pennsylvania . Pennsylvania is bordered by New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio . This region also shares a border with Lake Erie . Many rivers run through the state including the Ohio and Delaware Rivers . On the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, Delaware is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay, as well as by the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland . The area of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York is known as the Highlands . The Atlantic Coastal Plain is a region along the middle colonies primarily composed of marsh, rivers and swampland . </P>

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