SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
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Everyone in the colony made their own bread and shared it
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They had the best recipe for bread
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The crops they grew were all used to make bread
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -0. The Middle Colonies are known as the Breadbasket Colonies because that area is very good for growing crops such as Wheat, Corn etc. The Middle Colonies were the four of the total 13 Colonies in British America.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle colonies were also called the “Breadbasket colonies” because of their fertile soil, ideal for farming.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as the Breadbasket colonies, the Mid-Atlantic colonies include New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York. The first settlers of the Mid-Atlantic colonies soon discovered that the land was good for farming, once the trees and rocks were cleared.
Detailed explanation-4: -57.300. 363. Wheat had a prominent place in the life of early New York. The Northeast was a breadbasket of colonial America making wheat a highly profitable commodity crop for many notable New Yorkers, including Philip Schuyler (father-in-law of another famous New Yorker, Alexander Hamilton).
Detailed explanation-5: -California has often been referred to as the breadbasket of the world. In fact the California Department of Food and Agriculture notes that California is the world’s fifth largest supplier of food and agriculture commodities.