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Compare And Contrast Northern And Southern Colonies
The Northern and Southern colonies were very different from each other. In the North, they didn’t have as much fertile land as the south so their economy was more based on natural resources, such as lumber and fish/whales. Also, the North had a plethora of ports in which they traded with Great Britain, while the south only had a few. The North had cold winters and bearable summers, the south was the exact opposite with hot summers and bearable winters. The geography of the North consisted of mountains thick with trees, rivers and poor rocky soil that was difficult to farm and unsuitable for crops. The geography of the Southern Colonies featured fertile soil, hilly coastal plains, forests, long rivers, and swamp areas. The mortality rates of

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