What BEST explains the location of these colonial settlements in North America? The climate along the coast provided mild weather and long growing seasons. Colonists could stay better connected with England across the Atlantic Ocean. English colonists could more easily work together with the French and Spanish. Native Americans inhabited only the region west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The major impact third parties have on presidential elections has been to.. a. encourage larger vote turnout b. recruiter leader from the democratic and republican party to run for president c. generate increased party identification among the electorate d. developing issues that are later adopted by the major political parties e. drawn off of votes from the major parties to throw election into the house representatives