Question

Identify at least three characteristics of the British colonies

Answer 1

Physical Characteristics

• All of the New England colonies had been covered by ice during the last Ice Age, which created poor, rocky soil. The final melt-back of the glaciers left some of the rocky areas peppered with large boulders.

• Rivers are fairly short and their floodplains are narrow, unlike in other areas of America, and do not allow for the creation of huge agricultural plots along their banks.

• The major resources available and used by the colonists were lumber and fish.