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The New England colonies made their money by making things with lumber

The New England colonies made their money by building things out of wood and lumber. Some of these things include ships to trade, houses to live in, and covered wagons travel in [think that last one was right].

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The thirteen colonies made their money mainly through the exploitation of their Natural Resources. Farming, trapping, fishing, whaling, and timber industries helped to fuel the economy of the Thirteen Colonies. The New England colonies also drew income from shipbuilding and rum distilleries.

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either by mercantilism or free enterprise.

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my guess would be that they Got Jobs!! either that or they joined the military. another possibility is that they turned to piracy. (raided small settlements and sunk other ships)

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The New England colonies made money by exporting various crops. They also made money by fishing, hunting and whaling.

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There were small farms, but not many because of New England's rocky soil. Most people fished and cut timber.

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They made money by selling tobacco

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by selling crops.

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