SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Fertile Soil
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Rocky soil
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Muddy soil
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The soil was rocky, which made farming difficult. 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-2: -new england (northern) colonies. During the Ice Age, large glaciers scraped away all the fertile soil, and moved it south to the middle colonies. These glaciers left a rocky landscape that made farming difficult as well as rocky cliffs in the northern colonies along the Atlantic Ocean.
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: -New England had thin, rocky soil that was hard to farm, so they relied on other resources. They developed an economy based on fishing, shipbuilding, trading, whaling, and skilled labor.
Detailed explanation-5: -The New England Colonies are New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The New England Colonies’ geography has rocky soil which makes it very hard to grow crops.