What impact did geography have on the development of the american colonies?

Centers of trade, crop yielding, use of rivers, overall - main part of the control of the colonies.

Explanation:

Geography caused some colonies to become centers of trade, and others to output huge amounts of crops. Geography controlled every detail of the colonies, as well as the rest of the world, and still does to this day. The Mid-Atlantic colonies used their large rivers, fertile soil and open plains for large scale farming.

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the colonial period, since this was a time of mass immigration from a variety of people from europe.