Middle Colonies
The colonial greenhouse was the nickname for the Southern colonies. The nickname for the middle colonies was the colonial breadbasket.
breadbasket
Because the colonist believed in self rule
Proprietary colonies and charter colonies.
Middle Colonies developed a heterogeneous population, men and women of different ethnic and religious backgrounds (America Past and Present: Diversity in the Middle Colonies, page 44).
The Middle Colonies.
The colonial greenhouse was the nickname for the Southern colonies. The nickname for the middle colonies was the colonial breadbasket.
breadbasket
breadbasket
The middle colonies.
The southern colonies grew loads of rice.
The colonial region with the greatest religious diversity was the middle colonies. This included the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
Crops that give the Midwest the nickname of America's breadbasket are wheat, oats, and corn. The area got the nickname during colonial times because the middle colonies were able to grow much more food than other colonies.
This was something the Congress did call on the colonies to do. They wanted to re-examine their place as colonies and have the colonies' support to move toward independence.
This was something the Congress did call on the colonies to do. They wanted to re-examine their place as colonies and have the colonies' support to move toward independence.
In the stories of colonial New York by Washington Irving, colonial New York had apple orchards. New York City in colonial times had mills to grind flour and iron to make plows. Farms in the area grew flax and hemp.
Because the colonist believed in self rule