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