USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Philadelphia became the largest city in the colonies with its central location, excellent port, and a population of about 30, 000.

Detailed explanation-2: -Founded in 1630 by the English Puritans of Massachusetts Bay colony, Boston remained the largest and wealthiest city in the Atlantic colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The city grew rapidly, and by the 1750s Philadelphia was the largest city and busiest port in the original 13 American colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Philadelphia’s importance and central location in the colonies made it a natural center for America’s revolutionaries. By the 1750s, Philadelphia surpassed Boston as the largest city and busiest port in British America, and the second-largest city in the entire British Empire after London.

Detailed explanation-5: -Situated between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, and neighboring other prosperous colonies like New York, New Jersey and Maryland, Philadelphia was the ideal land for its native inhabitants and for a British colony.