SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Long, hot summers and mild winters
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Harsh winters and rocky, hilly land
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Broad coastal plains and fertile soil
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Broad rivers, swamps and wet lands
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: B. Harsh winters and Rocky, hilly land.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Very cold winters, Mild summers, poor soil is the climate of terrain of New England.