The Mayan small city-states system collapsed because of infighting among small kingdoms. Both these civilizations were once a powerful state, although, they both decline due to rebellion from small kingdoms. Economically, the Shang and Mesoamerica both relied greatly on agricultural. The Shang relied on the generous portion of agricultural productions from the regions they controlled. They also use its stable agricultural surplus to build a trade-centered civilization.
Because of this, the Southern colonists made their living off farming cash crops, such as rice, usually in plantations. The Middle colonists also shared a prosperous growing season because of their mild climate. However instead of cash crops, the Middle colonists would grow wheat and grains, being the “breadbasket” of the colonies. New England colonists didn’t have much prosperity in agriculture. They would instead participate in subsistent farming, meaning they grew only what they needed to feed themselves.
Maryland was originally established as a haven for Catholics, but eventually there were more Protestants than Catholics there too. The Economy in New England centered around trade because farming was difficult with rocky soil. The main staples were Fishing, Timber, Rum, some slave trade, and shipbuilding over seen by wealthy merchants. In the Southern Colonies it was the staple crops of Rice, Tobacco, and Indigo (before the revolution) and Cotton (after). These crops were grown on large plantations owned by wealthy white males and worked by African slaves.
Mainly all original westward exploration was due to desires for gold and riches and in the case of the English this was no exception. After the recent victory over the Spanish ambitious English monarchs used the combination of overcrowding and overwhelming patriotism to fuel an energetic boom of westward exploration. While the northern English colonies did not find the gold and treasures that they were looking for they did find ways to create opportunities for financial growth. Virginia, the location of the first English settlement, used tobacco exportation as an effective money making operation. The Carolinas came later and was created and advertised as a location for the poor under-class to have a second chance at wealth.
Some of which included a high demand of wool which put many people, mostly farmers out of a job. The colonization of the America allowed for great opportunities for farmers and many other jobless English citizens. But, what the King had hoped for were two main objectives. One, to find gold or hard money”, used as an international currency. Two, to find a route to the South seas.
Thanks to the Industrial Revolution and the developments in public transportation, the large-scale migration was made possible. Besides people who were going westward, white manufacturers and handicraftsmen in the North also benefited from these social developments. For the first time, they were able to produce enough goods not only for their own subsistence but also for a great number of distant markets. On the contrast of the market revolution in the North, however, white planters in southern colonies were still relying heavily on their profitable “King Cotton” and thus relying on slavery, making no responses to social changes at all. The two clearly split economic systems did not only affect whites, but also other subordinate racial groups as well; for example, black Americans’ suffering under slavery, Native Americans’ forcible removal, and Mexican Americans’ experience of discrimination all have a lot to do with it.
Most of the people in the New England Colonies went to school and would have a better education than the others. The north had the least amount of slaves but slavery was still existent. The main function of New England towns was to support the religion of the Puritans. The Puritan's did not tolerate other religions and was very strict about it. The Southern Colonies were South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, and Virginia.
The Spanish were more involved in supporting their mother country than that of the New World. “The Spanish introduced new domestic animals. New Mexico developed an economy that combined farming with ranching in sheep, goats, and cattle; trade in buffalo hides and deerskins; and commodities including salt and pine nuts.” The Spanish colonies developed a system called Encomienda. They used this system to exploit and control the Native Americans, making them do all manual labor on the lands in return they offered them legal protection and religious guidance. Spanish colonies were also lacking in natural abundant resources which in turn made their struggle for economic development much more difficult.
Therefore, slave labor farms were able to bring in larger amounts of income which, in turn, led to a drastic change in there social structure when compared to free labor farms in the north. They began to walk around with this elitist notion that they were the better of the United States people. With slave labor taking the more difficult work out of the day, and bringing in an excess of income southern slave farmers were able to attend more upper class (or middle upper class) functions that would further separate the thoughts and ideals that northern wage labor and southern slave labor farmers had. Slavery made a huge difference on the production of many crops, corn and wheat are two of the main food producing crop that both northern, and southern states produced. Originally, wheat was considered the free labor crop, and corns the slave labor crop.
The enquiry implies the view that British presence in India was on the basis that the British intended to expand the Indian economy, earning wealth and prosperity for the benefit of the country. All the sources provide conclusive evidence against the view that Britain’s purpose was to serve the Indian economy, although Sources 5 and 6 explore the possible benefits the British brought to India, despite the purely mercenary motives of the British Empire. British impact on the economic development of India was limited, although there some benefits of British rule. The British transformed the economy by investing in India’s main industries, enabling the expansion of these industries. Before British involvement, the Indian iron, cotton, jute and coal industries operated on a small-scale.