The Regions of British Colonies

AP US History· difficulty 2/5

Thirteen Colonies, c.1750 New England Middle Southern New England: shipping, fishing, small farms Middle: grain "breadbasket," diverse peoples Southern: tobacco, rice, indigo, slave labor

The Middle Colonies, as shown, are most accurately characterized by:

  • A

    Wheat exports and ethnic and religious diversity

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  • B

    Plantation agriculture based on rice and indigo

  • C

    Cod fisheries and a homogeneous Puritan population

  • D

    Subsistence farming with no significant exports

Explanation

Middle Colonies (NY, NJ, PA, DE) earned the "breadbasket" label for grain exports and were home to Dutch, German, Scots-Irish, English, Quakers, Lutherans, and others.

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