SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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a farmer
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a craftworker
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a teacher
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a fisher
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Detailed explanation-1: -Merchants who bought livestock and crops from farmers took their goods to port cities. The Port Cities are a major trade center in the Middle Colonies. The colonies’ prosperity, or economic success, depended largely on the ports. Philadelphia is the the busiest port.
Detailed explanation-2: -As sole proprietor, Penn established the Province of Pennsylvania (meaning “Penn’s Woods” and named for his father) as a “holy experiment”-intended for Quakers but open to everyone.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Middle Colonies included Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey. The geography of this region featured a warmer climate with fertile soil, flat land, easily-navigable rivers, and wide valleys making it perfect for farming and growing crops.