Answer:
4.On the coast and along rivers to provide access to transportation
Explanation:
The location of early settlements in the United States occur on the coast and along the rivers because the people comes from the great Britain through sea and they settle on the coast in order to access transportation. All southern colonies of United States that is located along the sea were colonized by the people comes from great Britain in order to get benefit from the new land and this location provides the transportation to the people.