What were key economic activities in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?

The New England colonies, middle colonies, and the southern colonies each developed distinct economic characteristics. The New England colonies developed an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and eventually manufacturing. The New England colonies prospered.

Explanation:

The answer is "A", Virginia and Kentucky.

The "Virginia and Kentucky Resolution" was passed by those states in response to the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798. An act that would allow deportation of foreigners and and make harder for immigrants to vote.

They argued that, with the Acts, the government would be permitted to exercise power that wasn't delegated to it in the Constitution.