How did the settlers decide which crops to plant in their settlements?(Describe the areas, including the soil, the area around the places where they settled and the time of the year.) *

The first settlement was in Jamestown Virginia around 1607  , The surrounding area was rocky with till lands meaning most of the crops planted often failed because the roots were'nt able to spread. The soil was very fertile but needed heavy plowing first before it would be plantation ready. The first/dependant crops that the settlers planted consisted of beans, squash, peas, okra, pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, and peanuts. Maize (corn), and later rice and potatoes were grown in place of wheat and barley because of consistant flood lands.

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it depends on which society you are referring to. many civilization performed rituals so the gods would with their growing season but the most well known is that of the aztecs. they would make sacrifices, usually animals, but sometimes humans as well.