SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Mississippi River and Amazon River
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Nile River and Danube River
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Ganges River and Yangtze River
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Hudson River and Delaware River
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Detailed explanation-1: -The duke of York, the original proprietor, had given the lands between the Hudson and Delaware rivers to two friends, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, as the province of Nova Cesaria, or New Jersey.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rivers, the largest of which is the Hudson River, which originates in the Adirondacks and flows south to New York Harbor. From the City north to the Federal Dam at Troy, NY, the Hudson River is a tidal estu-ary. Other rivers include the Bronx River and Hutchinson River.
Detailed explanation-3: -Read a brief summary of this topic. Hudson River, river in New York state, U.S. It flows almost entirely within the state, the exception being its final segment, where it forms the boundary between New York and New Jersey for 21 miles (34 km).
Detailed explanation-4: -New Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Hudson River, and would later become known as New York City.