-Flat land hugged the coastal areas, while further inland the land became mountainous.
-Farming was difficult due to rocky soil.
-Colonists from this region soon took advantage of waterpower to run their sawmills and grain mills.
-Plentiful forests throughout this region allowed for readily accessible timber to supply the growing shipbuilding industry in these colonies. -Land and climate were perfect for crop production.
-Crops such as wheat, oats, rye, and barley grown in this region led to these colonies earning the title of being the ‘breadbasket” colonies.
-Geography in this region ranged greatly from mountains further inland, rolling hills as the transition point in the middle, and coastal plains along the coastline.
-This region had great …show more content…
While geography in the east ranged from coastal plains to rolling hills (piedmont) farther inland.
- The tidewater left minerals on the tideland, which made the soil fertile, with this the warm and moist climate allowed for a perfect combination for growing cash crops. Although colonists who lived in the backcountry weren’t as well off as the people who lived in the tideland because the soil wasn’t as fertile.
-Broad rivers located throughout the region were an exceptional source of transportation.
-Massachusetts was founded by Puritans seeking religious freedom in 1630, since “England had fallen on evil and declining times”
-Thomas Hooker and his followers, seeking religious and political freedom in 1636, after a dispute with Massachusetts, founded Connecticut. Thomas Hooker was also in search for better farmland and a less strict society.
-John Mason founded New Hampshire in 1692 with the intent of earning profits from industries such as lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.
- Roger Williams founded Rhode Island in 1636 seeking religious toleration and a separation of church and state (seeing first hand in Massachusetts that the church had way too much
-Farming was difficult due to rocky soil.
-Colonists from this region soon took advantage of waterpower to run their sawmills and grain mills.
-Plentiful forests throughout this region allowed for readily accessible timber to supply the growing shipbuilding industry in these colonies. -Land and climate were perfect for crop production.
-Crops such as wheat, oats, rye, and barley grown in this region led to these colonies earning the title of being the ‘breadbasket” colonies.
-Geography in this region ranged greatly from mountains further inland, rolling hills as the transition point in the middle, and coastal plains along the coastline.
-This region had great …show more content…
While geography in the east ranged from coastal plains to rolling hills (piedmont) farther inland.
- The tidewater left minerals on the tideland, which made the soil fertile, with this the warm and moist climate allowed for a perfect combination for growing cash crops. Although colonists who lived in the backcountry weren’t as well off as the people who lived in the tideland because the soil wasn’t as fertile.
-Broad rivers located throughout the region were an exceptional source of transportation.
-Massachusetts was founded by Puritans seeking religious freedom in 1630, since “England had fallen on evil and declining times”
-Thomas Hooker and his followers, seeking religious and political freedom in 1636, after a dispute with Massachusetts, founded Connecticut. Thomas Hooker was also in search for better farmland and a less strict society.
-John Mason founded New Hampshire in 1692 with the intent of earning profits from industries such as lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.
- Roger Williams founded Rhode Island in 1636 seeking religious toleration and a separation of church and state (seeing first hand in Massachusetts that the church had way too much