What Is NOT a Feature That Distinguished the Middle Colonies

question 99

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a feature that distinguished the middle colonies from the other colonies in New England and to the south?

• A) Deep and fertile soil and easily navigable rivers
• B) A modest amount of industry, less than in New England but more than in the southern colonies
• C) Apart from New York, the size of landholdings was generally intermediate - smaller than southern plantations, but larger than the small holding typical of New England
• D) The population of the middle colonies was more ethnically mixed than in the other colonial regions
• E) Settlers in the middle colonies proved far kinder to native Indian tribes than in New England or the southern colonies

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