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Why did settlers stop at the fall line?
6 points
A. Fertile farmland
B. Rivers became difficult to travel upstream
C. It was closer to Europe
D. War boundaries
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B. Rivers became difficult to travel upstream.
The fall line has waterfalls/rapids where upland rivers drop to the coastal plain, blocking navigation and making it a natural stopping point for river travel and settlement (and a good site for mills and towns).
The fall line has waterfalls/rapids where upland rivers drop to the coastal plain, blocking navigation and making it a natural stopping point for river travel and settlement (and a good site for mills and towns).
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