Relacionar Columnas N.E. Economies/ResourcesVersión en línea Match economies and the natural resources. por Lonnie Adams 1 Long winters and the ground would freeze so subsistence farming existed so colonists had to.............. 2 Atlantic Ocean 3 Short growing season and small farming areas meant that.......... 4 Timber 5 Rocky Soil 6 Good ports 7 The long winters and mild summers led to shipbuilding because... Shipbuilding Fishing look to the ocean for year round food source such as fishing/whaling. there was not a lot of food grown and there was not a surplus of crops. this climate allowed strong and tall trees like oak and pine trees to flourish. Subsistence Farming Trading