SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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There was rich, fertile soil
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The city had a harbor and good roads
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They practiced freedom of religion
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American Indians moved to this area
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Detailed explanation-1: -Philadelphia became an important trading center and major port. Initially the city’s main source of trade was with the West Indies, which had established sugar cane plantations. It was part of the Triangle Trade, associated with Africa and Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Importance of Philadelphia in Colonial America During the Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783, the city became an important meeting place for the founding fathers, hosting two Continental Congress meetings with representatives from each of the original 13 colonies to debate the future of the newly independent country.
Detailed explanation-3: -The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation’s founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation’s independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Philadelphia is a flat city except for the northwestern area. The city is flanked by two rivers, Delaware and the smaller Schuylkill. The landforms in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley are the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Upland (map of physiographic landforms of Pennsylvania). A broad flat coastal plain.