SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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They accepted all religions and backgrounds.
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They had more opportunities for education and employment.
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People liked the land in the Middle Colonies much better.
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The Middle Colonies had more bread than other colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. The Middle Colonies practiced some religious freedom that attracted Germans, Scots, Irish, Dutch, and Finnish settlers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Over time, cities grew and urban merchants sold and traded goods with people throughout the other colonies. Compared to other regions, the people of the middle colonies supported religious freedom and tolerance and had a diverse population with settlers arriving from many areas in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Attitudes in parts of the Middle Colonies may have been influenced by the earliest Dutch settlers. These settlers came from the Dutch Republic, a country famous for its religious tolerance. Answer: So many different ethnic groups arrived that colonists had to learn how to tolerate others.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Middle Colonies were the most ethnically and religiously diverse British colonies in North America with settlers from England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and German states. Farm land was both productive and much less expensive than in Europe.