USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nowhere was that diversity more evident in pre-Revolutionary America than in the middle colonies of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. European ethnic groups as manifold as English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French lived in closer proximity than in any location on continental Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle colonies attracted a diverse group of European migrants, including Germans, Scots-Irish, French, and Swedish families, along with English migrants.

Detailed explanation-3: -European ethnic groups-English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French-lived in closer proximity than in any location on continental Europe. The middle colonies contained Native American tribes of Algonkian and Iroquois language groups as well as a sizeable percentage of African slaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Delaware, first settled by Scandinavian Lutherans and Dutch Reformed, with later infusions of English Quakers and Welsh Baptists, had perhaps the most diverse beginnings of any middle colony.

Detailed explanation-5: -One of the largest immigrant groups in the region, after the English, was the Germans. Many of the Germans arrived between 1710 and 1740. Most came as indentured servants fleeing religious intolerance. Known for their skillful farming, these immi-grants soon made a mark on the Middle Colonies.