Why were New England Colonies’ farms smaller than Southern Colonies’ farms? A. There were more families, so the farms were smaller.
B. The rocky soil meant extra work.
C. Most New England colony farmers were poor and could not afford land.
D. Most New England colony families only farmed for subsistence.

Option B. The rocky soil meant extra workIn addition, the soil is rocky or sandy, and generally poor for growing crops. As a result, farming in New England was limited to small farms on which families managed to grow enough to feed themselves and not much else.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.