SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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New England
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Middle
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Southern
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nowhere was that diversity more evident in pre-Revolutionary America than in the middle colonies of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. European ethnic groups as manifold as English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French lived in closer proximity than in any location on continental Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Delaware, first settled by Scandinavian Lutherans and Dutch Reformed, with later infusions of English Quakers and Welsh Baptists, had perhaps the most diverse beginnings of any middle colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -This diversity was evident in pre-Revolutionary America in the middle colonies of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. European ethnic groups-English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French-lived in closer proximity than in any location on continental Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Middle Colonies enjoyed a successful and diverse economy. Largely agricultural, farms in this region grew numerous kinds of crops, most notably grains and oats. Logging, shipbuilding, textiles production, and papermaking were also important in the Middle Colonies.