EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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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: -Ethnically, the Middle Colonies were more diverse than the other British colonial regions in North America and tended to be more socially tolerant.
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 New England colonies were founded to escape religious persecution in England. The Middle colonies, like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, were founded as trade centers, while Pennsylvania was founded as a safe haven for Quakers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was the South, whereas New England was the least ethnically diverse.