Question

The different environments of colonial North America contributed to a wide variety of
A.
educational institutions.
B.
settlement patterns.
C.
religious conversions.
D.
self-government.

Answer 1

B. settlement patterns.

Different climates, soils, and natural resources in regions like New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Chesapeake/Southern colonies led colonists to adopt different ways of living and organizing settlements (towns and villages in New England vs. scattered plantations in the South, for example).