Which of the following statements best explains why trade and shipping are historically more dominant industries in the Northeast than they are in the South?
A. Settlers who populated New England were predominantly of the college educated merchant class while settlers in the South were predominantly aristocrats and indentured servants, precursors of plantation owners and slaves.
B. The natural abundance of timber in the Northeast lent itself to the building of ships for trade, while the natural abundance of tobacco and cotton in the South lent itself to grow cash crops.
C. The abundance of natural harbors and fast moving rivers in the Northeast, ease of creating canals and ports for trade, longer warm climate in the South lent itself to commercial ag.
D. The frequency of tropical storms in the South are devastating to shipping while the relatively calm currents along the Northeast coast are favorable to ship