Which was NOT a reason that New England became the center of the American

Industrial Revolution?

New England's access to the nearby state of Pennsylvania's abundant supply

of coal

New England's coastal trading ports on or near the Atlantic Ocean

New England's large numbers of swift-flowing rivers that could produce power

New England's climate that supported large plantations

The one reason that is NOT a reason why New England became the center of the American Industrial Revolution is the statement that its climate supported large plantations. New England's farming culture evolved into a lot of smaller landholdings because initially, there was a lot of subsistence farming by the first settlers. Therefore, there was not a lot of large scale farming like plantations in this part of the United States.

Explanation:

New England was able to fuel the initial industrialization better than other parts of the United States because it had a lot of coastal trading ports and there were rivers in the area that could generate the needed power for the cotton mills. Then coal became abundant in nearby states beginning about 1830 when extraction began in Pennsylvania. It was the cotton mills and textile production that serves as an early example of the industrialization that occurred in New England. Some sources say that compared to other parts of the United States, the soil properties in New England are poor (Bell, 1989) and cannot support large scale agriculture to the extent other regions of the United States can (although there is a lot of smaller landholding) and the growing season is short.