How was the climate and land in massachusetts when it was a colony?

rubyjazzy71896 asked:

what was it like? did they have good farming land? what made massachusetts succeed as a colony

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nowaynohow - May 31st, 2009 at 8:37 am
MA was fully forested (open glades, rocky hills, small mountains too). It has several reasonable ports south of Cape Cod, as well as Boston Harbor, which has a navigable river, the Charles. The newcomers cleared land for farming. It was never better than moderately good. There are stone fences all across the state, where farmers picked the (large) glacial stones out, in order to plow. It is a pretty good fishing place, from the coast. And has good sources of water power, which meant it housed many mills.

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