USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -New England: hilly terrain with rocky soil and jagged coastlines, moderate summers, long, cold winters. Two of the main geological features-the Appalachian Mountains and Boston Harbor.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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).

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.