SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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They were surrounded by farms
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They offered more freedoms to immigrants
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The were major trade centers
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They gave artisans a place to sell their products
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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: -Industry. Abundant forests attracted both the lumbering and shipbuilding industries to the Middle Colonies. These industries, along with the presence of deep river estuaries, led to the appearance of important ports like New York and Philadelphia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Philadelphia became the busiest port city in the American colonies. It also became the largest and wealthiest city in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The largest cities were New York City in New York and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, both situated on rivers utilized for trade. The Middle Colonies differed from the New England colonies to the north and the Southern colonies to the south.