Should Guys Come To The Middle Colonies Essay

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I know by the time you receive this letter it will be months later since I wrote it. But nonetheless, I think you guys should leave England and come to the middle colonies in America because throughout my ten years of being in America and traveling through all the colonies, I have decided that moving to the middle colonies would be the best decision for our family. I know you guys have been ambivalent about where you should live when you arrive in America but I think that place should be the middle colonies because of the benefits they have here. You guys should come to the middle colonies because of its fertile land, tolerance of religion, and abundance of natural resources. One of the biggest reasons why I think you guys should come to …show more content…
That means if you guys come to the middle colonies, then you guys will no longer have to face the discrimination you guys would face in England. For example, being called dissenters and then being excluded from most professions. But here in the middle colonies, you are free to practice whatever religion you desire because the proprietors here believe in religious tolerance or don’t care as long as people pay for their land unlike the New England and southern colonies that aren’t religiously tolerant. Part of the reason of why the middle colonies are religiously tolerant is because of the presence of an assortment of religions like Quakers, Mennonites, Lutherans, and etc. This makes it impossible for one faith to be dominant. So not only do we get to practice our religion safely, but we also have the opportunity to converse with other people who have different beliefs. By conversing with people of other religions, we can understand the world around us better. We can see how religions are similar, and how important they are in people’s lives. The middle colonies also have closer relations to the Native Americans compared to the other colonies. This avoids any altercations which might risk the lives of people and allows colonists to buy and trade for unique Native American things like squash and

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