Question

Why was farming not very profitable in the New England colonies?

A. The Puritans were hunter-gatherers.
B. The soil was bad and the weather was too cold.
C. New Englanders tended to prefer jobs in the trading profession.
D. New Englanders tended to conserve their land out of fairness to the Native Americans.

Answer 1

The soil was bad and the weather is too cold.

The soil is not very flat is it is rocky and if the climate it too cold, plants will not grow.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

B. The soil was bad and the weather was too cold.


The thin and rocky soil up North and cold weather was not good for farming like it was in the south such as in South Carolina or Georgia. The New England colonists stuck to lumbering, trading, shipbuilding, fishing, and so on. Down south was where the large scale farming and plantations took place.