"The homes of the Indians were copied by the English, being ready adaptations of natural and plentiful resources. Wigwams in the
South were of plaited rush or grass mats; of deerskins pinned on a frame; of tree boughs rudely piled into a cover, and in the far South, of layers of palmetto leaves. In the mild climate of the Middle and Southern states a 'half-faced camp,' of the Indian form, with one open side, which served for windows and door, and where the fire was built, made a good temporary home. In such for a time, in his youth, lived Abraham Lincoln. Bark wigwams were the most easily made of all; they could be quickly pinned together on a light frame. In 1626 there were thirty home-buildings of Europeans on the island of Manhattan, now New York, and all but one of them were of bark."—Alice Morse Earle, Home Life in Colonial Days, 1898 Americans Indians had significant, immediate influence on the colonists and their communities on the Atlantic Seaboard because...
A. permanent villages aided the colonists in forming political alliances and allocating resources found in the Americas
B.the colonists arrived with a need to build shelters but didn't understand the materials or tools available
C. the weather conditions on the Atlantic Seaboard were foreign to the colonists, and they sought help from the native peoples
D.they were familiar with the farming techniques that the colonists needed to establish their permanent communities
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