SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Rocky soil, coastal ports towns on the Atlantic Ocean
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Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina
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Lots of rivers, bays and wetlands as well as large areas of farming land
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cash crops such as tobacco and cotton as well as indigo, corn and rice.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The New England Colonies’ geographical features were coastal plains, rolling inland hills, and large forested areas, with the Frontier on the western periphery. There was rocky soil in the region and their climate of shorter summers and longer winters made it more challenging to farm.
Detailed explanation-2: -Economies: Farming in the New England Colonies was difficult due to the poor soil, cold climate and short growing season. Families in New England grew enough food to feed their families but had to rely on manufacturing and trade to earn livings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Economics in the colonies: Colonial economies developed based on each colony’s environment. 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-4: -Southern Colonies Whereas New England farmers were subsistence farmers, farming just enough for their families, and Middle Atlantic farmers used a system of mixed farming, raising a variety of crops and some livestock, large-scale Southern farmers were one-crop farmers.