Use the text below to answer the question.
Winters in New England were cold and harsh, and the soil was ro
climate and difficult growing conditions, farmers in New England
crops to sell for money. However, the New England colonies wer
the water off the coast was full of fish. So instead, colonists fishe
used the lumber from the trees to build ships. New England beca
trading, buying and selling products. In the port city of Boston, s
goods. The New England colonies sold goods to the other colony
According to the passage, farming didn't become the main way of
New England colonies because
farming is not possible in port cities.
B
people were too busy building ships.
с
the climate was too harsh.
D
there was too much lumber.
