where did early settlement grow and why?
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It was even beginning to earn money by growing and selling a new crop: tobacco. The other early English settlements in North America were much to the north, in what is today the state of Massachusetts. The people who settled there left England for reasons different from those who settled in Jamestown.
The land along the rivers is fertile. If there is fertile land, then crops can be grown. Animals can also be raised if there is enough food and water for them. People learned that they could stay in one place and grow enough food to feed their community, if they were near a water supply.
cities built near water have two main advantages: commerce and sustainability. ... Sustainability: Rivers, lakes and the sea provide food and other resources, which help the population of coastal cities to grow and expand faster than landlocked settlements. All cities require food, ant the more the better