SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
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North and South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and the Province of New Hampshire, as well as a few smaller short-lived colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New England colonies were the northernmost of the colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The other nine colonies were New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware (the Middle colonies) and Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (the Southern colonies).
Detailed explanation-3: -The New England Colonies included Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The geography of this region featured dense forests and hills. Combined with the hard rocky land, cold climate and long winters, New England was a poor area for large farming operations.
Detailed explanation-4: -The colonies developed into three distinct regions: New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.
Detailed explanation-5: -What did the colonies of Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire have in common? They were all settled by groups escaping religious persecution in Massachusetts. The religious group William Penn brought to Pennsylvania.