2007-09-11 10:06:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
So people could land their boats, fish, and trade with ships travelling from other countries. Many towns were built on rivers, which gave the same access with more protection and fresh water. Savannah, Jamestown and Philadelphia are examples of this.
2007-09-11 10:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by Big Momma Carnivore 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost ALL American cities are built on top of stolen Native ones. NYC, Washington D.C., Boston, and Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis,... are all built on the ruins of destroyed civilizations, which we either destroyed by conquest or disease.
Most historians now admit that colonization of the new world would have been impossible the the resources, tools, and technology of the early settlers, had it not been for the pre-exsisting infrastructure of the natives.
The ocean also provides a more "unlimited" ammount of food, year-round, than inland. It also allowed access to the mother countries.
The majority of the entire world's population lives on the coast. It's extraordinarily high, like 80-90%.
And it's still increasing today!
2007-09-11 11:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as eating, I'm partial to Chinese, & I know a couple good buffets. Then, If we're lucky enough for the water level to be down, I'd take you on a tour of the exposed limestone fossil beds below the Falls of the Ohio (across from the McAlpine Locks @ Louisville, KY). Then I'd show you the world's 2nd largest clock (only London's "Big Ben" is larger) -- it's on the front of a Colgate plant in my hometown of Clarksville, IN. Clarksville also marks the starting point of Lewis & Clark's expedition. We'd have to make a stop at Schimpff's Confectionary for the best hand-made sweets in the mid-west. Then it's off to Huber's Winery (need I say more) in Floyd's Knobs -- in the next county to the east. I also have relatives buried in a cemetary next to Pigeon Roost (a memorial where settlers were massacred) in Underwood, IN. Further up the road in Henryville, there's a state park w/ plenty to see (I love the view from the fire tower). While I do enjoy a good German brew, I'd probably like some of that southern sweet tea, myself.
2016-03-18 04:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by Janet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All towns and cities around the world are built where there is some resource or natural facility. New York, Sydney (Australia), Portsmouth (UK), Marseilles (France) are all at places where there is a natural harbor of some sort. This means they can load and unload ships there. That also means people who supply, repair and unload ships can live there. It also means fishing.
Many harbors have rivers flowing in to them, such as the Hudson. This means a source of fresh water and river valleys are usually good for farming. So you get farm yield from the valleys, fish from the sea, fresh water from the river and employment from the shipping. What more could you want? Discotheques?
2007-09-11 10:24:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those people who developed these towns were brought there by boats....when they got to the land most of what they needed they brought with them on the boat so they didn't want to be too far from the water. Also if they needed anything from the mainland they came from they would need to get there by the ocean....most of everything people of that time needed was across the ocean so they needed to stay near it in case they had to go.
2007-09-11 10:12:10 · answer #5 · answered by Kimmy D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the United States, think about where the people were coming from, and how they got here.
If you are arriving by ship, then you start to build at the spot where you just hopped off the ship. Easier that way, and you want to stay close to the shore in case you need to be re-supplied by ships from the mother country.
2007-09-11 10:13:16 · answer #6 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, which is your country?
Secondly, generally speaking, many towns are built by the sea for fishing and trading, but many more were built away from the sea because it's difficult to cross river estuaries, nasty people might come by sea to attack you, and you haven't got any farming land on the sea side
2007-09-11 10:23:54 · answer #7 · answered by Tom P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you got here by boat, you weren't starting out in Kansas.
Fish is food. Especially if you like to not starve.
Oceans tend to be near flat places, which are good for farming. Notice the lack of corn fields in Denver.
2007-09-11 10:12:54 · answer #8 · answered by Brian L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those were the easiest locations to get to, for a start, and were also convenient for commerce.
2007-09-11 10:10:37 · answer #9 · answered by Tom K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋