1. Based on these two images, which claim is most accurate? Source: View of Boston Harbor Hand-colored etching
by Francois Xavier Habermann 1770-1780
Source: Life of George Washington (1732-1799) The
farmer. Washington standing among enslaved
African-American field workers harvesting grain; his
Virginia home, Mt. Vernon, in the background by
Junius Brutus Steam 1853
Colonial settlements did not vary much; all settlers lived in villages that grew into
large cities.
Large plantations growing tobacco and cotton were common in both New England
and the southern colonies.
Ship building anchored the economy in northern and southern colonies.
Colonial economies varied by region, depending on the geographic conditions.