USA HISTORY

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 Colonies In addition, the soil is rocky or sandy, and generally poor for growing crops. As a result, farming in New England was limited to small farms on which families managed to grow enough to feed themselves and not much else.

Detailed explanation-3: -Climate and Geography 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.

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: -The land in New England was poor and difficult to farm. The farmers in New England had to first clear stones from their fields before they could begin to farm. Those stones can be seen today. The poor soil made farming difficult.