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What kept the colonists building compactly along the coast for a hundred years?
ARoyal orders forbidding inland settlement
BA treaty made with the inland Iroquois
CDense forests and the Appalachian barrier
DThe absence of harbors on the coastline
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Dense forests and the Appalachian barrier
1. The coastline served the immigrants well, with inlets and harbors along its whole length.
2. Only North Carolina and southern New Jersey lacked harbors for ocean-going vessels.
3. Majestic rivers linked the coastal plain and its ports with Europe.
4. Inland, dense forests and the formidable barrier of the Appalachians discouraged settlement.
5. Only trappers and traders plunged into that wilderness.
6. For a hundred years the colonists therefore built their settlements compactly along the coast.
7. Harbors were plentiful rather than absent, so a want of them cannot be the reason.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section THE LAND IS SETTLED_
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