How was life in the colonies influenced by where they lived?

certain parts of the new land couldn't grow crops aswell as others and different parts had did weather helping or hurting the settlers

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.

trade in silk, spices, and precious metals.

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