How did geography and climate affect the economic development in the colonies? In other words, how did it affect the ways people made money in the 3 colonial regions?

The reasons vary.

Explanation:

NE - Very cold winters, mild summer

-shortest growing season

-had to focus on shipbuilding, fishing, and oversea trade

MD - cold winters, moderate summers

-longer growing season

-fertile soil

-agriculture

ST - Mild winters, hot summers,

-longest growing season

-Discovered that they could grow tabacco

-Plantations were very profitable because they grew tobacco, indigo, rice, & cotton on a large scale