A history of the United States for Catholic schools . the fact that the old Confedera-tion could not protect the commerce of the country, trade atthis time was not very flourishing. But in spite of unfavor-able conditions, American navigators were familiar withall seas and sailed to the West Indies, Europe, Asia, and evenChina and the northwest coast of America. New England DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES 251 ship-owners loaded their vessels with beef, pork, fish, peltries,timber, and pitch at the various colonial ports, with grain andflour from the Middle States, with hogsheads of tobacco fromMaryl
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . the fact that the old Confedera-tion could not protect the commerce of the country, trade atthis time was not very flourishing. But in spite of unfavor-able conditions, American navigators were familiar withall seas and sailed to the West Indies, Europe, Asia, and evenChina and the northwest coast of America. New England DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES 251 ship-owners loaded their vessels with beef, pork, fish, peltries,timber, and pitch at the various colonial ports, with grain andflour from the Middle States, with hogsheads of tobacco fromMaryland and Virginia, or with rice and indigo from Caro-lina and Georgia. They then sailed away to foreign lands andreturned with cargoes of sundry articles as sugar, coffee, tea,salt, nails, and distilled spirits. The value of the imports wasslightly less than that of the exports. 326. Manufacturing. Manufacturing, except shipbuilding,was yet in its infancy. In shipbuilding New England rankedfirst and the South last. The manufacturing interests of New. PLOWING IN EARLY DAYS England and Pennsylvania were, however, aided in their verybeginning by the excellent facilities for this industry. Woolencloth was the most important article of manufacture at thisperiod. Some spinning mills were active in the New EnglandStates. There were a great many paper mills in Philadelphiaand also iron works and glass factories. Saw and grist millslined the banks of the swift-flowing streams. Blacksmithsforges were erected along the roadside; leather was tannedand dressed, and barrels were coopered and packed with Agriculture. Agriculture was the chief industry, andprobably nine-tenths of the people were engaged in farming. 252 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES It received less attention in New England than any other sec-tion on account of the nature of the soil and climate. Thefarmer made his own wooden plow, which was drawn by horsesor oxen; he manufactured his own wagon; dropped his seedby han
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