SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Benjamin Franklin lived in Philadelphia and worked to improve the city. Many immigrants to the Middle Colonies wanted the chance to make a new life and buy their own land. William Penn designed Philadelphia with wide streets and many public parks.
Detailed explanation-2: -Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at age 23. He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard’s Almanack, which he wrote under the pseudonym “Richard Saunders".
Detailed explanation-3: -Philadelphia grew slowly because not much was happening there. The Middle Colonies were home to people of many different religions. most people believed that they were a waste of time. Benjamin Franklin lived in Philadelphia and worked to improve the city.
Detailed explanation-4: -Benjamin Franklin was many things: a printer, writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, civic leader, and diplomat. As a scientist, he is best known for his experiments with electricity. As a writer, he is known for Poor Richard’s Almanac and his autobiography. He was the oldest figure of the American Revolution.