Which best describes the impact of location on the settlements of jamestown and new york city?

Answer;

Access to important rivers and the Atlantic Ocean played a big role in their success.

Explanation;

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the new world, was founded by a joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors.

Jamestown offered anchorage and a good defensive position. Warm climate and fertile soil allowed large plantations to prosper. Plymouth, on the other hand, provided good anchorage and an excellent harbor. Cold climate and thin, rocky soil limited farm size. New Englanders turned to lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing and trade.

The doctrine by which government is created by the people AND for the people.

The idea was first developed by the Enlightenment philosophers who belied that the basic building block of Western society was a "social contract" wherein people would give up some of their liberty in return for protection by the government.