Regional lifestyles of the people in the Northeast, the West, and the South in the years 1800 to 1840

The Northeast consisted of both the New England states and the middle states. Most people who lived in the Northeast lived on small farms in the early 1800’s, but more and more people in that section began to look for other ways to make a living.

Some in the Northeast looked to the sea for their living. Since colonial times, fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding had been important occupations. But changes in technology in the early 1800’s began to offer the people of the Northeast even more opportunities