USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Describe the Relative location of the Middle Colonies
A
West of the Atlantic Ocean
B
East of the Appalachian Mountains
C
Southwest of the New England Colonies
D
Mid Atlantic coast in the US
E
Located in the Northeast USA
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Colonies were a subset of the Thirteen Colonies in British America, located between the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies. Along with the Chesapeake Colonies, this area now roughly makes up the Mid-Atlantic states.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle colonies were made up of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. They were located south of the New England colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mid-Atlantic Colonies. Also known as the Breadbasket colonies, the Mid-Atlantic colonies include New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York. The first settlers of the Mid-Atlantic colonies soon discovered that the land was good for farming, once the trees and rocks were cleared.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Middle Colonies were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Detailed explanation-5: -The English Mid-Atlantic Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) that were created from the previous Dutch New Netherland colony were geographically fortunate to have good harbors and river systems that significantly shaped their development.

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