Thread 17918829

How did Early Modern Euro-American colonists cope with the exotic conditions of the Eastern United States such as the hot humid summers (we're talking about the 1600's before AC) and poison ivy?

>>17918829 (OP)
Probably not much different. They had poison oak in Europe, and mediterannean countries get equally as warm as almost any area of Eastern US.

The Northeastern United States which included areas like New England where the first Anglo colonies were setup has a climate that is fairly similar to Europe

The outfits that we associate with colonists today were largely the result of them adapting to the environment. Loose fitting clothes for the heat, wide-brimmed hats for shade, neckerchiefs to protect skin from sun, etc.

>>17918829 (OP)
How did you forget to use google?

>>17918880
The eastern US gets cold winters which Western Europe mostly does not. As it's also further south, summer sunlight is more intense.

>>17919003
Latitude affects summer temps more than winter ones.

>>17919003
The Labrador Current makes winters in the Northeast cold and snowy, while the Gulf Stream makes Southeastern summers very wet most years. Summers in the Northeast are also quite warm and humid, likely also due to the Gulf Stream.

>>17918872
>the probability of the most influential nation on earth getting mentioned increases
amerimutt moment

>>17918829 (OP)
Eh sir, this is Wendy.

>>17918872
>>17918880
>In 1642, Thomas Gorges wrote that between 1637 and 1645, colonists in Maine, then in Massachusetts, had horrendous weather conditions. In June 1637, it was so hot that European newcomers were dying in the heat, and travelers had to travel at night to stay cool enough.
/his/ useless and incompetent yet again.

>>17918829 (OP)
Took some of them a while to adjust their farming techniques, but otherwise it's not hard.
>hot humid summers (we're talking about the 1600's before AC)
People were fit and lean.

>>17920695
Source?

>>17920701
Thomas Gorges, 1642

>>17918880
This is wrong. 1) the earliest British colonies were in the Chesapeake-Tidewater area, aka Virginia, northern North Carolina, and Maryland, 2) New England doesn't have a climate similar to Western Europe or Southern Europe. Its somewhat similar to Eastern Europe, though that's irrelevant as Eastern Europeans are irrelevant to the history of the U.S outside the Cold War.

>>17918829 (OP)
We just adapted over time. My family has been here since the 1600s in the humid subtropical environment of Kentucky/Virginia. Skin cancer has always been common within my family sadly (lots of gingers).

>>17920799
you're not le epic orignial american you're just an irish mick mutt subhuman