There were blacksmiths, shipbuilders, and all other trades were exploited by those looking for work. The main difference between these two areas (north and south) were the labor camps. In New England, labor was paid and in the South it was based on free labor and indentured servitude. The economic system grew in the South thanks to commercial crops such as tobacco. The economic system grew in the north due to the desire and desire of the people to work hard and improve the colony. Another major difference between the two was who populated the area. In the north the population was based on nuclear families and 90% of them were descendants of people dating back to before 1642. Families were stable. In the South, the population consisted primarily of single white men in their twenties. The cause of this was the fact that Jamestown was founded by the Virginia Company and was looking for a profit. Found families seeking religious freedom