Why Was New England Less Favored as a Region for Investment

question 26

Multiple Choice

Why was New England less favored as a region for investment than the Chesapeake?

• A) Global trade crops such as tobacco would not grow in the New England climate.
• B) Ships had difficulty making port in New England due to the rocky shoreline.
• C) The weather was even less seasonable than what the English were accustomed to back home.
• D) No one wanted to deal with the radical Protestants who settled there.

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