Our Countries Economics
From 1700-1770
The New England colonies produces what objects? Raise your hand if you know.
Do you want to know about which colonies mainly produced which items?
Even though we all like money...
Turn and talk using your
"buddy voice"
...Some might be curious about what the money looked like in the 1700s...
Our presentation is about our countries' economics from the 1700s to the 1770s!
This is what money from America looked like in the 1700s
Isn't it amazing?
are you?
Answer: The New England colonies had an abundance of forests and fish, so the main products the New England colonies produced, exported and shipped were wood and seafood.
The middle colonies mainly produced wheat, corn, beef and pork.
But we're still going to tell you more about the economics in the 1700s on the whiteboard!
This is the end of our Prezi...
The southern colonies mainly produced tobacco, rice, and indigo, which is a plant with a blue-violet dye.
The Currency in Colonial America
Does anyone know what the
Currency was in America in the 1700s?
Raise your hands.
The answer: Pounds. America was just colonies ruled by England, and the currency in England and the Colonies were Pounds.