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Pioneer families tended to settle in communities along major rivers primarily because rivers allowed boats along that carried goods plus water was needed to sustain life. The rivers provided power, food, travel and trade routes.
It depends on how traditional or modern a family is: very traditional families, usually found on small rural villages, still have children and women as main performers of home chores, while men work on the fields. Modern, urban families tend to share these responsibilities like any western country does.
Form tight knit ethnically distinctive communities, seek full assimilation into the American communities, look for secluded areas to form colonies, add to the violence and instability of the west, or settle as individual families isolated on a solitary homestead.
During the Neolithic Age, the development of agriculture allowed for a more stable food supply, which in turn supported larger populations. This led to the formation of larger communities as people began to settle in one place to tend to their crops and livestock. Additionally, advancements in technology, such as better tools for farming and building, made it easier for people to live together in larger groups.
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Most pioneer families tended to settle in areas with fertile land for farming, access to water sources like rivers or lakes, and opportunities for trade and commerce. Some common areas where pioneer families settled were the American Midwest, such as the Great Plains and the Ohio River Valley, as well as the western frontier regions like California and Oregon.
I think that the problems with farming on a flood plain, is that as flood plains tend to be situated in a valley, so when it rains, there is bound to be a flood were you have been farming.
They can live in small or big families. I come from a family of 8, but there are still small families in the USA.
A Mormon family is a family that are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormon families are pretty typical families, usually with a dad, mom, and several children, although there are many single-parent families as well. Mormon families do tend to be more traditional, with a working father and a stay-at-home mom. They also typically have more children (a Mormon average is 4-6 rather than the national average of 2-3). Mormon families tend to be very religious, attending church together and praying and worshipping together at home. Check out the "Related Links" below to learn more about Mormon families.
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The amount of volcanoes will tend to increase, which will impact farming in a negative way by decreasing the amount of available farmland.
Many families with young children tend to have a lab.