What led the majority of white new englanders to settle on puget sound
farming
mining
fishing
logging and lumber

The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the third choice :fishing"

The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains.

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