A history of the United States for Catholic schools . Indies. The prin-cipal articles of export were: from the New England col-onies—rum, salt fish, flour, and iron; from the middle col- A SUMMARY OF COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT 153 onies—fir, lumber, iron, and paper; from the southern colonies—tobacco, rice, indigo, tar, turpentine, lumber, and principal articles of import were: from England—hard-ware, glass; crockery, clothing, furniture, and household uten-sils; from the West Indies—sugar, molasses, and cotton. 217. Weights—Measures—Money. The colonies for a longtime had the same weights
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . Indies. The prin-cipal articles of export were: from the New England col-onies—rum, salt fish, flour, and iron; from the middle col- A SUMMARY OF COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT 153 onies—fir, lumber, iron, and paper; from the southern colonies—tobacco, rice, indigo, tar, turpentine, lumber, and principal articles of import were: from England—hard-ware, glass; crockery, clothing, furniture, and household uten-sils; from the West Indies—sugar, molasses, and cotton. 217. Weights—Measures—Money. The colonies for a longtime had the same weights, measures, and money as were cur-rent in England. The earliest coin made in America was thePine Tree Shilling, which was issued at Boston (1652). Money,however, for the reason that the imports from England wereworth more than the exports to England, was very scarceand domestic trade was mostly by barter. As a result thecolonists were obliged to pay out more cash to England thanwas really put in circulation by England in her PINE TREE SHILLING 218. Travel—Communication. Travel in colonial days over-land was by foot, horseback, or stage-coach. Twice a week,covered lumber wagons traversed the distance between NewYork and Philadelphia. Later a stage-coach called the Fly-ing Machine, made the trip in two days, and the journeyfrom Boston to New York in four days. Passengers were fre-quently called upon to alight and help pry the coach-wheelsout of the mire. The roads were generally poor, and as onlya few of the rivers had bridges, people preferred to journeyby water if possible. The rivers, lakes, and bays weretraversed by means of flat ferries and row-boats, while alongthe coast traveling was done in coasting sloops. The journeyfrom New York to Philadelphia took three days in goodweather. To cross the Atlantic required from a month to seven 154 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES weeks and sometimes even three months. Consequently thecolonists had poor means o
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