SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Tidewater
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Backcountry
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tidewater, also called Coastal Plain, natural region in eastern Virginia, U.S., comprising a low-lying alluvial plain on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay between the Atlantic Ocean and the Fall Line (a line marking the junction between the hard rocks of the Appalachians and the softer deposits of the coastal plain).
Detailed explanation-2: -COASTAL PLAIN (TIDEWATER) A low-lying Coastal Plain spans the eastern seaboard of the United States from New Jersey to Georgia, extending westward from the ocean to a point where the flatness of the landscape ends; in Virginia the terrain rises 300 feet above sea level.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tidewater Virginia. English immigrants to the New World settled in Virginia’s Tidewater region beginning in 1607. This land of low lying swamps, wide rivers, deep water harbors and the Chesapeake Bay dominated Virginia’s political and cultural life during the colonial period.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cities: Oldest Cities: Bath, New Bern, & Edenton Largest City: Wilmington (It was the largest town for most of NC history.)