Which of the following statements is NOT true about the economic life of New England in the late 1600s?
a. Farms were becoming too small to support a family, because they had been divided over the years for sons and sons of sons.
b. For a variety of reasons, people left older farms to seek new land on the frontier.
c. A short growing season added to the problems of making a living as a New England farmer.
d. The majority of New England farmers raised cash crops.
e. Because of continual farming of the same land, the land was no longer so fertile.
Ans: d. The majority of New England farmers raised cash crops.
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