USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ice and rocks cut deep valleys through the mountains. They scraped up New England’s rich soil and pushed it south, leaving a thin, rocky layer of dirt. Farming was difficult in New England. Most of the land was filled with rocks or was too sandy to farm.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -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-5: -long winters and thin, rocky soil made large-scale farming difficult. So they practiced Subsistence Farming. Most people in the Middle Colonies were farmers.