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the Atlantic coast region of Virginia had low fertile lands suitable for large plantations and quiet bays where ports could be established to handle the shipping of raw materials from the colony. In the far western reaches of the colony, wooded mountains were hard to clear for farms, and farms here were small and self-sufficient.

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