USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The New England Colonies included Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The geography of this region featured dense forests and hills. Combined with the hard rocky land, cold climate and long winters, New England was a poor area for large farming operations.

Detailed explanation-2: -The New England colonies had very harsh winters and mild summers. This made the growing season only about five months long. Because the soil was rocky and the climate was often harsh, colonists in New England only farmed enough to feed their families.

Detailed explanation-3: -The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming.

Detailed explanation-4: -The New England Colonies’ climate was a humid continental climate. This means they experienced all four seasons and had clearly distinguished warm summers (70-84 F) and cold, harsh winters (0-15 F). The region was known for regular rainfall during spring and summer and several feet of snowfall during the winter.

Detailed explanation-5: -The New England colonies were the northernmost of the colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The other nine colonies were New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware (the Middle colonies) and Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (the Southern colonies).