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