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