SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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disagreement
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differences in the backgrounds of people
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goods brought into a country
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a person who learns a trade from a master craftsman.
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Detailed explanation-1: -European ethnic groups-English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French-lived in closer proximity than in any location on continental Europe. The middle colonies contained Native American tribes of Algonkian and Iroquois language groups as well as a sizeable percentage of African slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -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: -The Middle Colonies contained a very diverse population. Dutch, English, French, Swedish and German settlers lived together. The Middle Colonies were also much more religiously tolerant than the predominantly Puritan colonies to the North.
Detailed explanation-4: -People from all across Europe came to the Middle Colonies due to the religious and political freedom, and the Colonies lacked a single dominant ethnic or religious group, and thus the Colonists learned to tolerate their differences.