how geography affected the 13 colonies?

geography / climate of new england colonies

• had a cold climate
• cold winters and mild summers
• land was flat close to the coastline
• it then bacame hilly closer inland
• had rocky soil

results of climate in new england colonies

• the cold helps prevent the spread of diseases 
• the jobs were fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding
• couldnt farm crops because of the rocky soil

geography/climate of middle colonies

• hot humid summers 
• mild winters
• rich soil
• a mixture of new england and southern climate

results of climate in middle colonies

• farmed many crops 
• had some of the same jobs as new england colonies 
• but also had some of the same jobs as middle colonies

geography/climate of the southern colonies

• warm climate 
• had hot summers and mild winters
• rich soil
• mountainous western regions

results of climate in southern colonies

• had great farming because of rich soil
• hot climate lead to diseases 
• diseases such as milaria and yellow fever