SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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There were few colonial cities from which to export goods.
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It was difficult to manufacture enough products to send to England.
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Other colonies could not compete financially with Plymouth.
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Colonists had to struggle to grow enough food to meet their needs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -D:Colonists had to struggle to grow enough food to meet their needs.
Detailed explanation-2: -What made it difficult for New England colonists to repay the English investors who funded them? Colonists had to struggle to grow enough food to meet their needs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Colonists in the New England colonies endured bitterly cold winters and mild summers. Land was flat close to the coastline but became hilly and mountainous farther inland. Soil was generally rocky, making farming difficult. Cold winters reduced the spread of disease.
Detailed explanation-4: -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. The Middle colonies also featured mixed economies, including farming and merchant shipping.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.