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