w settlers. They also sold the timber and chips to earn money. Wood was very expensive in Europe so they would send back wood chips and timber to be sold at a very high price. The deforestation at this time caused many problems. For starters, many fields experienced water run-off and droughts. There wasn't anything to keep the water in the fields so a drought would occur. Also the deforestation of New England caused the climate to drastically change. The New England area experienced different temperature extremes. In the winter it was very cold because they were not trees to block the snow from falling to the ground and nothing to block the bitter, cold, wind. During the summer time, there were no trees to give shade from the hot, burning, sun. The deforestation also cau
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