water/ocean the closer you were it was easier for merchants and trades to go from (Europe I'm guessing) to the New World (also guessing) also good farm land to plant crops for food (the south was popular because it didn't get too cold in the winter and the soil was good/fertile and not rocky)
Many early settlements usually settled down near a river.
Explanation:
A good settlement would need a good supply of water for farming and drinking and Good, Fertile Soil for farming. Rivers were a good supplier of both items.
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I want to say it is D, because I believe it was in Harpers Ferry where the fight occurred and he lost his (I believe) 5 sons and his own life afterwards.
