Question

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

Answer 1

A. settlement patterns.

Different climates, soils, and geography (harbors, rivers, growing seasons) produced distinct settlement types—compact New England towns, dispersed Southern plantations, and mixed Middle colonies—so environment most directly shaped settlement patterns.