Good ports
Long winters and the ground would freeze so subsistence farming existed so colonists had to..............
Atlantic Ocean
The long winters and mild summers led to shipbuilding because...
Rocky Soil
Short growing season and small farming areas meant that..........
Timber
Shipbuilding
there was not a lot of food grown and there was not a surplus of crops.
look to the ocean for year round food source such as fishing/whaling.
Fishing
this climate allowed strong and tall trees like oak and pine trees to flourish.
Trading
Subsistence Farming
